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The Star Wars Guide to the Candidates
Having a hard time figuring out the U.S. presidential candidates’ positions? Star Wars to the rescue! From Boba Fredtt to Hillando Clintrissian, this page lays it all out clearly. Making a “come over to the Dark Side” joke at this point would be entirely too easy. Link (via The Website at the End of the…
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50 Ways to Kill a Redshirt
50 Ways to Kill an Ensign (to the tune of 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover) The problem is something ’bout your clothes, she said to me The red shirt and the stripeless sleeves yell, “I’m Security!” And when you get down planet-side with Kirk, you’ll get to see There must be fifty ways to…
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Starship Dimensions
Jeff Russell has put together a collection of science fiction objects, from aliens to Dyson Spheres, each in their proper scale. How much taller than Yoda is E.T.? Now we have a definitive answer! Link (via Dark Roasted Blend)
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Nanohazard Warning Sign Competition
The ETC Group is “dedicated to the conservation and sustainable advancement of cultural and ecological diversity and human rights.” They’re currently holding a competition to design an international warning sign for nanotechnology hazards. Great. Something else to worry about. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Source of Mystery Antimatter Found
There’s a large cloud of antimatter lurking out in space, and researchers have long wondered where it came from. An international team examining four years’ worth of data from the European Space Agency’s INTEGRAL satellite has identified the positrons as originating from stars being eaten by black holes and neutron stars. Is it just me,…
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Is Heinlein Becoming Irrelevant?
Despite his influence on other SF writers, the Heinlein fanbase is greying. This article makes an interesting argument about RAH’s political and social views being so out of step with today’s views that he’s turning off younger readers. “When an emerging science-fiction writer’s work earns him comparisons to Robert A. Heinlein,” Dave Itzkoff begins a…
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Ten Things to Hate About Star Trek
It’s very hard to argue with any of these choices. 2. The Holodeck. I mean, it’s cool and all. But do you really believe that people would use it to re-create Sherlock Holmes mysteries and old-west saloons? Come on, we all know what the holodeck would be used for. And we also know what the…
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“Geek Inside” Maternity Wear
Where were these when I was pregnant? Where?!?!? I got Shadow and Shadowboy matching v1.0 and v2.0 shirts a while back, but that’s no consolation for missing out on this maternity tee. Argh. (It’s probably overkill to get pregnant again just to have one of these shirts, right?) Link
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2007 Preliminary Nebula Ballot
NOVELS – 13 Vellum: The Book of All Hours – Duncan, Hal Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Rowling, J. K. Odyssey – McDevitt, Jack Mainspring – Lake, Jay The Accidental Time Machine – Haldeman, Joe Species Imperative #3: Regeneration – Czerneda, Julie E. The Yiddish Policemen’s Union – Chabon, Michael The New Moon’s…
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Neat Steampunk “Time Travel” Gadget
Flickr user absinthetic dressed up as a 19th-Century time traveler last Halloween, and built the “Chronotheric Fluxing Capacitron” to use as a prop. His photo set doesn’t give any detailed instructions, but there are enough different angles that it shouldn’t be too hard to put together something similar. This would be a nice prop for…