Texas Instruments is replacing thousands of calculators issued to students in Virginia after a sixth-grader discovered that pressing a certain two keys converts decimals into fractions. That would have given students an unfair advantage on Virginia’s standardized tests, which require…
Month: June 2005
How the sausage is made
This morning, a Whedonesque.com news item led me to the blog of Doris Egan, television writer and formerly staff on the now-cancelled Tru Calling. Aside from explaining a never-finished arc for that show– which might have been interesting, if they’d…
Six degrees of name-dropping
I’m mentioned in the same sentence as Patrick Nielsen Hayden and Cory Doctorow, by a blogger doing “a mega-meta-review” of the 2005 Hugo nominees (scroll down to Best Novella #4). In your face, Kevin Bacon!
Summer of Sci Fi
Though the current state of genre TV is pretty abysmal, a decent number of science fiction and fantasy films are invading your local cineplex in the coming months. Some of them may even be good. I made a list for…
Headline of the Week
“Bush Anxious to Learn More of Deep Throat”— ABC News Hey kids: Don’t understand why this is funny? Go ask Mom or Dad! They’ll explain it to you!