Et Tu, Hollywood?
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi | 1 Comment »Hollywood, I love you. Sometimes you really come through for me. But today, you have a lot to answer for. For example, this: The second is the long-coming dreaded remake of Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai." I know what you're thinking, "But ...
I find your lack of construction-paper disturbing…
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008 Posted in Random Geekery, Sci-Fi | No Comments »...*heavy breathing* Lord I wish I had the orgasm-inducing voice of the god that is James Earl Jones. I was scrolling through the lost catacomb that is my list of bookmarks and found a long lost relic which I felt the need ...
Rendezvous
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi | No Comments »The BBC is reporting that Arthur C. Clarke has died of a heart attack in Sri Lanka, having lived there for the past 52 years. The author of 2001, Rendezvous with Rama and countless other novels and nonfiction works, Clarke ...
Sillof’s Workshop
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Sci-Fi | 1 Comment »A while back I remember myself and balam drooling over a picture of a steam-powered Iron Man suit featured on Brass Goggles. This gave me a reminder of site I had seen a while back (and incidentally, a site that has ...
The Pretentious History of Everything
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Sci-Fi, Science | 3 Comments »Now, I try to keep my self-promotion to a minimum, but I think you'd all get a kick out of my fully historically accurate comic, The Pretentious History of Everything. It starts with the big bang, and will eventually cover ...
Hark! Was That The Squeal Of An Angry Thoat?
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi | 2 Comments »Kind readers, you probably remember how excited I was when Io9 casually mentioned a short story by Avram Davidson called Hark! Was That the Squeal of of an Angry Thoat?, set in Greenwich Village, but pivoting on characters from Edgar ...
Nanotech. Don’t touch it! It’s eeeeeeeeviiiiiil!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi | 2 Comments »So, according to Engadget, a recent study conducted by the researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison found that two-thirds of American think nanotechnology is "morally unacceptable". Wait, what? I can understand being afraid of this technology. I can ...
Geek Savants Episode 51: LOST in the Camper!
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Sci-Fi | No Comments »Geek Savants: In this episode the guys are forced back into Grant’s camper! They go over their favorite American Idol cast members and talk about everyone’s favorite castaways on LOST. Theories fly around the makeshift studio as the guys try to ...
Future Worlds #3 - The World Mall
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Sci-Fi | No Comments »No exploration of the world's possible futures could be complete without considering the possibility imagined in works such as Logan's Run, that someday, everybody will live inside of giant shopping malls. In 2008, there certainly seems to be potential for this. ...
An Alien Food Chain in Action
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 Posted in Comic Books, Sci-Fi | 1 Comment »[One of the most talented individuals I've ever known, Otto is an artist who lives the steampunk life in Seattle and posts his work to depot13 and webcomicsnation. (You may already be familiar with his art, if you've ever looked ...