It’s rare that the world’s potato scientists get a chance to weigh in on a pop culture item, since their favorite little tuber rarely plays a role in Game Of Thrones or a superhero movie. They must’ve been pretty excited, then, when they saw Ridley Scott’s 2015 film The Martian, a significant chunk of which revolves around Matt Damon’s quest to grow potatoes while stranded on Mars. Naturally, the International Potato Center jumped at the chance to study whether or not potatoes would actually grow on Mars, and now a story in Discover Magazine (via Uproxx) explains their findings. So was The Martian scientifically accurate, specifically regarding its depiction of potatoes? More or less!
Basically, the researchers used science to create a hearty potato that could survive the conditions on Mars, and after helping it out with special fertilizers and a little bit of Earth ...
Basically, the researchers used science to create a hearty potato that could survive the conditions on Mars, and after helping it out with special fertilizers and a little bit of Earth ...
- 3/10/2017
- by Sam Barsanti
- avclub.com
Finally, the important questions are answered. Scientists have revealed that it is indeed possible to outrun a T-Rex a la Jurassic World. Discover Magazine says that although the T-Rex was massive, scary, and an overall killing machine, it was likely rather slow...
The researchers estimated the walking speed of the T. rex to be 2.7 to 5 mph, which is much slower than, say, Usain Bolt, who clocks in a maximum sprinting speed of 27.3 mph. For context, the average walking speed for a human hovers around 3 mph. The calculated speed indicates T. rex was traveling at a slow trot, and at a speed similar to other large carnivorous dinosaurs. Still, even when walking, tyrannosaurs moved covered more ground in a single step than the large herbivores that they coexisted with and presumably hunted.
That's good... but what about when they run? Scientists say that while it was possible that a T-Rex could have run,...
The researchers estimated the walking speed of the T. rex to be 2.7 to 5 mph, which is much slower than, say, Usain Bolt, who clocks in a maximum sprinting speed of 27.3 mph. For context, the average walking speed for a human hovers around 3 mph. The calculated speed indicates T. rex was traveling at a slow trot, and at a speed similar to other large carnivorous dinosaurs. Still, even when walking, tyrannosaurs moved covered more ground in a single step than the large herbivores that they coexisted with and presumably hunted.
That's good... but what about when they run? Scientists say that while it was possible that a T-Rex could have run,...
- 2/1/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Legendary director and producer Barry Sonnenfeld – whose body of work includes The Addams Family films, Get Shorty, and the Men In Black franchise – has set his sights on making a feature film about Project Alpha. The elaborate hoax perpetrated by James Randi over thirty years ago is the focus of the feature length documentary, An Honest Liar, which numbers Sonnenfeld among its executive producers. The factual movie premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, and now, the director has seen the potential for further storytelling.
“I sought out Justin and Tyler immediately after I watched An Honest Liar at Telluride Mountainfilm,” he said. “Not only did I love An Honest Liar, but I knew there was an excellent narrative film to be made out of this story, with James Randi playing the ‘behind the curtain’ puppeteer.”
James Randi – also known as The Amazing Randi – is a retired magician and...
“I sought out Justin and Tyler immediately after I watched An Honest Liar at Telluride Mountainfilm,” he said. “Not only did I love An Honest Liar, but I knew there was an excellent narrative film to be made out of this story, with James Randi playing the ‘behind the curtain’ puppeteer.”
James Randi – also known as The Amazing Randi – is a retired magician and...
- 3/13/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
After jumping back into the fantastical world of the Men In Black series and pondering making Kevin Spacey swap bodies with a family cat in the still-developing Nine Lives, Barry Sonnenfeld is looking for a little dose of reality. Well, we say reality, because a potential future film is based on a hoax. Sonnenfeld is aboard to direct a film based on magician James “The Amazing” Randi’s Project Alpha idea, which ran in the late 1970s and early ‘80s and saw him and two fake psychics pull a fast one on paranormal researchers. The hoaxers, including Steve Shaw and Michael Edwards, made the scientific team believe they had legitimate psychic powers not for an hour or an afternoon, but for two bloomin’ years. The fraud was eventually revealed publicly in Discover magazine.The hoax is also covered in Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom’s documentary of Randi, An Honest Liar,...
- 3/12/2015
- EmpireOnline
This summer's Planet Of The Apes sequel breaks new ground in effects. Ryan wonders what Dawn means for the future of big-screen CG...
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When Terminator 2: Judgment Day came out in 1990, there was much talk in the media about its digital effects, and what they meant for the future of filmmaking. Since then, cinema’s passed a number of significant milestones, each surpassing what came before it. Jurassic Park represented a leap forward in the quality of computer-generated creatures and their integration with a live-action sequence. The Matrix showcased a new generation of fluid camera moves and effects that could make a movie look like a comic book drawn to life. The Phantom Menace, The Lord Of The Rings and Avatar broke new ground in performance capture and 3D.
Together with actor Andy Serkis, New Zealand-based studio Weta Digital has done more to further the art of performance capture than just about anybody else.
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When Terminator 2: Judgment Day came out in 1990, there was much talk in the media about its digital effects, and what they meant for the future of filmmaking. Since then, cinema’s passed a number of significant milestones, each surpassing what came before it. Jurassic Park represented a leap forward in the quality of computer-generated creatures and their integration with a live-action sequence. The Matrix showcased a new generation of fluid camera moves and effects that could make a movie look like a comic book drawn to life. The Phantom Menace, The Lord Of The Rings and Avatar broke new ground in performance capture and 3D.
Together with actor Andy Serkis, New Zealand-based studio Weta Digital has done more to further the art of performance capture than just about anybody else.
- 7/15/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Adam Barrington, 29, and his pregnant wife Heather, 27, are planning to have their first child in a very ‘different’ environment — they want their child born amongst dolphins. But experts warn that’s a dangerous idea — do You agree?
A couple from North Carolina has traveled to Hawaii to have their child in a dolphin-assisted birth. However, experts say this may not be the greatest or safest environment to welcome a newborn.
Couple Plans Dolphin-Assisted Birth
Adam Barrowman, 29, and wife Heather , 27, traveled 4,500 miles to Hawaii to have their first child in a dolphin-assisted birth. According to The Charlotte Observer, the couple was inspired to have their child amongst dolphins from the book “The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life” by Drunvalo Melchizedek.
“Having that connection with the pod of dolphins anytime – even if the birth doesn’t happen in the water – still brings peace, comfort and strength to the mother and baby during labor,...
A couple from North Carolina has traveled to Hawaii to have their child in a dolphin-assisted birth. However, experts say this may not be the greatest or safest environment to welcome a newborn.
Couple Plans Dolphin-Assisted Birth
Adam Barrowman, 29, and wife Heather , 27, traveled 4,500 miles to Hawaii to have their first child in a dolphin-assisted birth. According to The Charlotte Observer, the couple was inspired to have their child amongst dolphins from the book “The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life” by Drunvalo Melchizedek.
“Having that connection with the pod of dolphins anytime – even if the birth doesn’t happen in the water – still brings peace, comfort and strength to the mother and baby during labor,...
- 5/28/2013
- by HL Intern
- HollywoodLife
A 12-year-old whiz kid with a penchant for the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons helped his dad design an experiment that may help researchers better understand autism.
Julian Levy came up with the breakthrough idea over dinner, as his psychologist father, Alan Kingstone, hashed out the details of an experiment involving humans' "gaze-copying" behavior, Discover Magazine reported.
According to Discover, there are two competing theories regarding why people look at others' eyes. One is simply that humans are drawn to other humans' eyes. (The brain's superior temporal sulcus is tasked with processing where people look.) The other is that people actually are looking at faces, and coincidentally, eyes are situated in the middle of faces.
The problem with testing these theories, of course, is that human faces have eyes in their centers, making any comparison impossible. But Julian had a simple solution for his father, who works at the University...
Julian Levy came up with the breakthrough idea over dinner, as his psychologist father, Alan Kingstone, hashed out the details of an experiment involving humans' "gaze-copying" behavior, Discover Magazine reported.
According to Discover, there are two competing theories regarding why people look at others' eyes. One is simply that humans are drawn to other humans' eyes. (The brain's superior temporal sulcus is tasked with processing where people look.) The other is that people actually are looking at faces, and coincidentally, eyes are situated in the middle of faces.
The problem with testing these theories, of course, is that human faces have eyes in their centers, making any comparison impossible. But Julian had a simple solution for his father, who works at the University...
- 11/4/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Some panels to check out:
Wednesday, July 11
6:00-9:45 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings — Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition, with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of five of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2012-13 television season: 666 Park Avenue, Arrow, The Following, Revolution and Cult.
Arrow - From executive producers Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), Andrew Kreisberg (Fringe), and David Nutter (Smallville), hard-hitting action series Arrow reinvents the DC hero. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a lethal new set of skills that he uses in a war on crime. The series stars Stephen Amell (Private Practice), Colin Donnell (Pan Am), Katie Cassidy (Supernatural), David Ramsey (Dexter), and Willa Holland (The O.C.), with Susanna Thompson (Dragonfly) and Paul Blackthorne...
Wednesday, July 11
6:00-9:45 Special Sneak Peek Pilot Screenings — Comic-Con and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue their annual Preview Night tradition, with exclusive world premiere screenings of the pilot episodes of five of the most highly anticipated TV series pilots of the 2012-13 television season: 666 Park Avenue, Arrow, The Following, Revolution and Cult.
Arrow - From executive producers Greg Berlanti (Green Lantern), Marc Guggenheim (Green Lantern), Andrew Kreisberg (Fringe), and David Nutter (Smallville), hard-hitting action series Arrow reinvents the DC hero. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and a lethal new set of skills that he uses in a war on crime. The series stars Stephen Amell (Private Practice), Colin Donnell (Pan Am), Katie Cassidy (Supernatural), David Ramsey (Dexter), and Willa Holland (The O.C.), with Susanna Thompson (Dragonfly) and Paul Blackthorne...
- 7/10/2012
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Continuing our coverage of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con comes the programming for Thursday. For the full run down, go to the con’s website. Thursday is the first full day of the Comic-Con and is filled with awesome panels about zombies, monsters, The Walking Dead, Dexter, The Hobbit and others. Including our very own panel at 7:30 Pm in 24Abc in Hall H. We hope to see you there.
For the events that cater more to the sensibilities of FM, check the highlights below:
10:00-11:00 The Witty Women of Steampunk— The Victorian era was one marked by constraints on behavior, morals and bosoms. When you add a bit of sci-fi to the mix, however, those corset laces begin to loosen. The steampunk genre has allowed a new wave of female creators and personalities to explore how liberating, sexy, and adventurous the age of steam can be. Robin Blackburn...
For the events that cater more to the sensibilities of FM, check the highlights below:
10:00-11:00 The Witty Women of Steampunk— The Victorian era was one marked by constraints on behavior, morals and bosoms. When you add a bit of sci-fi to the mix, however, those corset laces begin to loosen. The steampunk genre has allowed a new wave of female creators and personalities to explore how liberating, sexy, and adventurous the age of steam can be. Robin Blackburn...
- 7/2/2012
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Update: Last week we shared that James Cameron was one of a small handful of billionaires poised to announce a potentially life-changing company that would mine asteroids in space. Well, now that Planetary Resources has made their intentions public to the world, experts have begun to analyze what exactly this means and why anyone who isn't going to become ridiculously rich off of it should care about asteroid mining. Turns out, it's going to have a grand effect on economies and consumers all over the world, and possibly some not even on this planet. The below video is a good sales pitch for the company, but for an objective analysis on what it all means, we recommend Discover Magazine's Bad Astronomy blog. When James Cameron locked himself inside a tube...
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- 4/25/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Wot a great excuse for a Caption Competition! Entries in the Comments please. The winner gets... something.
Ok, I admit right off the bat that this story is only tangentially related to entertainment but, hey, I’m not above tapping into society’s supposed obsession with sex for a chuckle (and maybe a few extra hits). Plus, if this story is good enough for a science magazine, it’s good enough for me.
Turns out, a piece of exercise equipment called The Captain’s Chair—which surely can only have been named after the central seat on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise—frequently stimulates pleasure of a sexual kind in exercising women. And yes, that’s when they are sitting in it, not Patrick Stewart (although I recognize that when Jean-Luc says, “Engage” it might have the same effect).
This finding is being reported today by Discover Magazine...
Ok, I admit right off the bat that this story is only tangentially related to entertainment but, hey, I’m not above tapping into society’s supposed obsession with sex for a chuckle (and maybe a few extra hits). Plus, if this story is good enough for a science magazine, it’s good enough for me.
Turns out, a piece of exercise equipment called The Captain’s Chair—which surely can only have been named after the central seat on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise—frequently stimulates pleasure of a sexual kind in exercising women. And yes, that’s when they are sitting in it, not Patrick Stewart (although I recognize that when Jean-Luc says, “Engage” it might have the same effect).
This finding is being reported today by Discover Magazine...
- 3/22/2012
- by Michael Simpson
- CinemaSpy
All right, one final update for the year.
The two-part finale of Caprica Season 2, written by Bernard Keyer, has been posted on Beginning of Line. You can read it here: Enuma Elis, Part 1 and Part 2. If you're only now discovering BoL, you can find the entire season in the Story Archive.
And if you're interested in contributing stories or fan art for Season 3, you still have a day left to email Teresa and let her know. Details on the So Say We All blog.
Also on the Caprica front, Bear McCreary tweets that the soundtrack will be released in early 2012. Hopefully.
And this is always great to see: Caprica got an honor roll mention in Huffington Post's TV section, in their Year in Television 2011 review.
On the cast front:
The Sanctuary season four finale, "Sanctuary for None (Part 2)," with Ryan Robbins, Christopher Heyerdahl and Brian Markinson, airs tonight at 10 pm.
The two-part finale of Caprica Season 2, written by Bernard Keyer, has been posted on Beginning of Line. You can read it here: Enuma Elis, Part 1 and Part 2. If you're only now discovering BoL, you can find the entire season in the Story Archive.
And if you're interested in contributing stories or fan art for Season 3, you still have a day left to email Teresa and let her know. Details on the So Say We All blog.
Also on the Caprica front, Bear McCreary tweets that the soundtrack will be released in early 2012. Hopefully.
And this is always great to see: Caprica got an honor roll mention in Huffington Post's TV section, in their Year in Television 2011 review.
On the cast front:
The Sanctuary season four finale, "Sanctuary for None (Part 2)," with Ryan Robbins, Christopher Heyerdahl and Brian Markinson, airs tonight at 10 pm.
- 12/31/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
Closing them on my browser so you can open them on yours…
The image at right is Wind is Warm in Smallville from Riza Tucker. Ain’t it great? Something to think about as we head into the last episodes of Smallville.Portal 2: Lab Rat – Part 1 and Part 2 – Comics Preview by Michael Avon Oeming.The Art of Francesco Francavilla — see the stuff that doesn’t have a regular book yet. If somebody ever revives the Shadow, though…Princess Beatrice’s Hat Is Possessed By Dread Cthulhu! Ia! Ia! Ia!NewPulp – With Bobby Nash and Win Scott Eckert involved, I expect great love and reverence for the characters. Prove me right, guys.Transmetropolitan Art Book Spins Spider Jerusalem’s Angry World and Captured Ghosts Takes Deep Dive Into Warren Ellis’ Mind, both from Wired.Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ and hints at the AvengersBill Blackbeard,...
The image at right is Wind is Warm in Smallville from Riza Tucker. Ain’t it great? Something to think about as we head into the last episodes of Smallville.Portal 2: Lab Rat – Part 1 and Part 2 – Comics Preview by Michael Avon Oeming.The Art of Francesco Francavilla — see the stuff that doesn’t have a regular book yet. If somebody ever revives the Shadow, though…Princess Beatrice’s Hat Is Possessed By Dread Cthulhu! Ia! Ia! Ia!NewPulp – With Bobby Nash and Win Scott Eckert involved, I expect great love and reverence for the characters. Prove me right, guys.Transmetropolitan Art Book Spins Spider Jerusalem’s Angry World and Captured Ghosts Takes Deep Dive Into Warren Ellis’ Mind, both from Wired.Once More, With Feeling: Joss Whedon Revisits ‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ and hints at the AvengersBill Blackbeard,...
- 5/5/2011
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
Tune in alert for Earth Day programmin, as The Weather Channel will air a special town hall event moderated by NBC News Special Correspondent Tom Brokaw on April 22nd at 9 Pm/Et. Entitled .Changing Planet,. this is one in a series of three events intended to encourage student learning and dialogue about climate science by gathering climate scientists, thought leaders, business people and university students to discuss the facts of climate science, the dynamics of its impact and to brainstorm solutions. The town hall was hosted at Yale University as part of a partnership between NBC Learn (the education arm of NBC News), National Science Foundation (Nsf) and Discover magazine. Also please note that The Weather Channel will...
- 4/17/2011
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
An idle comment caught my eye: "After all, no one saw the Big Bang." Somewhere else I read, "The universe has no opinion." Then I read that the next Hubble telescope will be able to peer six times as far into space and time as the one now in orbit.
An issue of Discover magazine arrived with a cover story about astronomers struggling with the problem of information overload. The new telescopes have moved far beyond visual images, and monitor a flood of information picked up on many wave lengths. Not even super computers can adequately organize and assess their vast findings. Amazing discoveries may be buried within the data.
The universe is too large for me to comprehend how large that really might be. I've seen those animations where Earth shrinks to a pin point, and then the sun shrinks to a pin point, and then the Milky Way shrinks to a pin point.
An issue of Discover magazine arrived with a cover story about astronomers struggling with the problem of information overload. The new telescopes have moved far beyond visual images, and monitor a flood of information picked up on many wave lengths. Not even super computers can adequately organize and assess their vast findings. Amazing discoveries may be buried within the data.
The universe is too large for me to comprehend how large that really might be. I've seen those animations where Earth shrinks to a pin point, and then the sun shrinks to a pin point, and then the Milky Way shrinks to a pin point.
- 4/7/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
Oh, my sexy series and foynite sequences, did you think Pi Day was the only time of year to celebrate the unholy union of pastry and math? Did you think the Ven Pie-agram was as nerdelicious as it got? Think again, my flaky crusts. A woman in Seattle has invented the Sierpinski Hamantaschen. Do you not know what either of those words mean? That's okay. If you do, Happy Day After Purim! (Seattle Local Food)
For any of you math nerds who did not just run to the kitchen to get your baking protractor, here's a fun chart of film titles expressed as math equations. I. . .I only got one right, you guys. I hope you do better. (Slash Film)
Let's take a few shambling sidesteps away from the nerdery to admire this collection of Lebowski tattoos. The Walter, Sam Elliott and, above all, Maude (my fav is below) tattoos are great,...
For any of you math nerds who did not just run to the kitchen to get your baking protractor, here's a fun chart of film titles expressed as math equations. I. . .I only got one right, you guys. I hope you do better. (Slash Film)
Let's take a few shambling sidesteps away from the nerdery to admire this collection of Lebowski tattoos. The Walter, Sam Elliott and, above all, Maude (my fav is below) tattoos are great,...
- 3/22/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Just a few quick updates today:
Caprica City tweets that the German Amazon has a release date for the Caprica 1.5 DVD in Europe: April 15. Amazon.co.uk still hasn't provided a release date.
Caprica and BSG's science advisor Malcolm MacIver has a new blog post up at Discover Magazine and it's another must-read. You can check it out here: Transhumanism: A Secular Sandbox for Exploring the Afterlife?
A couple of snippets:
The latest panel to be added to my list is a discussion about the first transhumanist opera, Tod Machover’s "Death and the Powers." The opera is about an inventor and businessman, Simon Powers, who is approaching the end of his life. He decides to create a device (called The System) that he can upload himself into (hmm I wonder who this might be based on?). After Act 2, the entire set, including a host of OperaBots and a...
Caprica City tweets that the German Amazon has a release date for the Caprica 1.5 DVD in Europe: April 15. Amazon.co.uk still hasn't provided a release date.
Caprica and BSG's science advisor Malcolm MacIver has a new blog post up at Discover Magazine and it's another must-read. You can check it out here: Transhumanism: A Secular Sandbox for Exploring the Afterlife?
A couple of snippets:
The latest panel to be added to my list is a discussion about the first transhumanist opera, Tod Machover’s "Death and the Powers." The opera is about an inventor and businessman, Simon Powers, who is approaching the end of his life. He decides to create a device (called The System) that he can upload himself into (hmm I wonder who this might be based on?). After Act 2, the entire set, including a host of OperaBots and a...
- 2/28/2011
- by fanshawe
- CapricaTV
In honor of Valentine's Day, learn about how kissing has changed since the lascivious Romans, watch the most memorable Hollywood kisses, and discover 10 rules for puckering up.
As Valentine's Day approaches, it's the perfect time to explore why humans kiss. From a strictly reproductive standpoint, kisses are certainly not required and many cultures have flourished without a single peck. The behavior is only part instinct, having an enormous cultural influence. By tracing the human lip print back thousands of years, we can see its deep cultural traditions.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Awkward Valentine's Photos
Gallery: Memorable Hollywood Kisses
The earliest literary evidence we have for kissing dates back to around 1500 B.C. from India's Vedic Sanskrit texts, the foundations of the Hindu religion. There is no mention of the word "kiss," but we do find intriguing references to "licking," and "drinking moisture of the lips." By the third century A.
As Valentine's Day approaches, it's the perfect time to explore why humans kiss. From a strictly reproductive standpoint, kisses are certainly not required and many cultures have flourished without a single peck. The behavior is only part instinct, having an enormous cultural influence. By tracing the human lip print back thousands of years, we can see its deep cultural traditions.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Awkward Valentine's Photos
Gallery: Memorable Hollywood Kisses
The earliest literary evidence we have for kissing dates back to around 1500 B.C. from India's Vedic Sanskrit texts, the foundations of the Hindu religion. There is no mention of the word "kiss," but we do find intriguing references to "licking," and "drinking moisture of the lips." By the third century A.
- 2/14/2011
- by Sheril Kirshenbaum
- The Daily Beast
I know violence and politics are not the usual purview of the P. Love column, but the Egyptian government has shut off internet access to its citizens. I've also read that cell phone service is on the chopping block. Is there a case where you think this is a reasonable course of action on behalf of the government? Can you imagine the American reaction should our government try to pull that? (Arabist)
Guess which offspring of Martin Sheen is embroiled in a scandal web spun of coke and porn? Did you say, "Not Emilio?" Here, you get a cookie. (Celebitchy)
Word is ABC is considering Minka "Duckface Lyla Garrity" Kelly for the new "Charlie's Angels" television show. They've also cast some hot blonde, but, in truth, I just want to talk about "Friday Night Lights." Crucifictorious for life! Kelly and hot blonde Rachael Taylor will join the previously cast Annie Ilonzeh and Robert Wagner,...
Guess which offspring of Martin Sheen is embroiled in a scandal web spun of coke and porn? Did you say, "Not Emilio?" Here, you get a cookie. (Celebitchy)
Word is ABC is considering Minka "Duckface Lyla Garrity" Kelly for the new "Charlie's Angels" television show. They've also cast some hot blonde, but, in truth, I just want to talk about "Friday Night Lights." Crucifictorious for life! Kelly and hot blonde Rachael Taylor will join the previously cast Annie Ilonzeh and Robert Wagner,...
- 1/28/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Haven't I been a good Link Wench to you? Don't you think I deserve nice things? Then why haven't any of you sent me a Silverback Gorilla Bling of my very own? What's a girl gotta do? Don't answer that. (The Awl)
You guys, it's typography topography!!!! In my mind, this map means we're that much closer to living inside the world of "The Phantom Tollbooth." I'm packing my bags for Dictionopolis. . .right. . .now. (Axis Map)
Conan and Andy Richter have nothing on Thomas Edison when it comes to prognosticatin'. Check out his predictions for the year 2011. It's oddly metallic and I don't mean Gwar. (io9)
My sweet shrinking violets, don't do as I did and shout and clutch your pearls when you first look at this website. It's worth a scroll down, I promise you. Mildly Nsfw if you work in a church or something. (Digital Bus Stop)
While...
You guys, it's typography topography!!!! In my mind, this map means we're that much closer to living inside the world of "The Phantom Tollbooth." I'm packing my bags for Dictionopolis. . .right. . .now. (Axis Map)
Conan and Andy Richter have nothing on Thomas Edison when it comes to prognosticatin'. Check out his predictions for the year 2011. It's oddly metallic and I don't mean Gwar. (io9)
My sweet shrinking violets, don't do as I did and shout and clutch your pearls when you first look at this website. It's worth a scroll down, I promise you. Mildly Nsfw if you work in a church or something. (Digital Bus Stop)
While...
- 1/24/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Okay, kids, relax, that whooooooole horoscope thing was much ado about nothing. A tempest in a pot of tea. But I Am A Libra Forever And Don't You Ever Forget It. Ahem, we Libras are a very gentle sort. (Discover Magazine)
It's official. No take backs. Heed this copywriters and proofreaders: Why You Should Never Use Two Spaces After a Period. (Dave Chen)
Here's a round of "Jeopardy" wherein Ibm's supercomputer, Watson, takes on two of the all-time "Jeopardy" champs. I have to warn you, I too was shocked by the complete lack of Trebek. Also, it's odd to think of Ken Jennings (I missed you too, 2004!) as a modern day John Henry.
(Engadget)
I refrained from posting Palin's speech and the subsequent edited video of all of her breaths and obnoxious lip smacks because they make your link wench very, very angry, and you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
It's official. No take backs. Heed this copywriters and proofreaders: Why You Should Never Use Two Spaces After a Period. (Dave Chen)
Here's a round of "Jeopardy" wherein Ibm's supercomputer, Watson, takes on two of the all-time "Jeopardy" champs. I have to warn you, I too was shocked by the complete lack of Trebek. Also, it's odd to think of Ken Jennings (I missed you too, 2004!) as a modern day John Henry.
(Engadget)
I refrained from posting Palin's speech and the subsequent edited video of all of her breaths and obnoxious lip smacks because they make your link wench very, very angry, and you wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
- 1/14/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
A final round of updates before the show returns tonight at 10 on Syfy:
Magda Apanowicz will be doing a live chat at Syfy Connect tonight at 8:45 pm Edt. [Update: The chat has been cancelled.]
Caprica's science advisor Malcolm MacIver has an excellent new post at Discover Magazine: Caprica Puzzle: If a Digital You Lives Forever, Are You Immortal?
Eric Stoltz has posted a few more pictures from the set of "Unvanquished" here. His episode of Glee airs next Tuesday at 8 pm on Fox.
Los Angeles Times has a short interview with Polly Walker here. Snippet:
"I'm not a technical person ... I do well to send an e-mail. But it is interesting that I play a character who wants to create a digital heaven."
Walker, who does believe in God but is not a "particularly religious person," didn't do any specific research for the role.
"Like any actor, I just translated what was put in front of me,...
Magda Apanowicz will be doing a live chat at Syfy Connect tonight at 8:45 pm Edt. [Update: The chat has been cancelled.]
Caprica's science advisor Malcolm MacIver has an excellent new post at Discover Magazine: Caprica Puzzle: If a Digital You Lives Forever, Are You Immortal?
Eric Stoltz has posted a few more pictures from the set of "Unvanquished" here. His episode of Glee airs next Tuesday at 8 pm on Fox.
Los Angeles Times has a short interview with Polly Walker here. Snippet:
"I'm not a technical person ... I do well to send an e-mail. But it is interesting that I play a character who wants to create a digital heaven."
Walker, who does believe in God but is not a "particularly religious person," didn't do any specific research for the role.
"Like any actor, I just translated what was put in front of me,...
- 10/6/2010
- by Caprica TV
- CapricaTV
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