One of the many sights we saw today at the 66th WorldCon: From Denvention 3 (I’m not convinced it was an actual stargate. The wormhole was definitely open for more than thirty-eight minutes, and I didn’t see any singularities nearby.)…
Category: sci/tech
Stephanie Lenz, Copyright Hero
In case you haven’t seen the news, Stephanie Lenz is the woman who is suing Universal Music Corp for issuing a takedown notice against this video of her kids, which happens to have Prince’s “Let’s Go Crazy” playing in the…
The Last of Dr. Horrible…FOR NOW
All three parts of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog are now online! Watch it for free and risk slashdotting their site again, or buy it from iTunes for a paltry four dollars. C’mon, skip the Starbucks for one day and do…
Not Horrible At All
After being predictably slashdotted this morning, Act I of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog is once again available for your viewing (and listening) pleasure. It’s quite delightful. If you hate streaming video as much as I do–and, more importantly, if you…
The Great Experiment
I am nothing if not malleable. Barely three weeks after complaining that I couldn’t buy and download the TV shows I want to watch on my computer, I’m trying out the available options to see if I can live with…
What to Watch
You’ve got one more week to catch live coverage of the STS-124 mission on NASA TV, being transmitted from the Space Shuttle and International Space Station in Earth orbit. Seriously, there is nothing better on television right now. My favorite…
Live on Mars
If you watch CNN, you’ve already seen the first super badass awesome image of the Phoenix lander descending to the surface of Mars. Here’s a followup: That’s another shot, also taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, of the Phoenix lander,…
Netflix Living Up to Their Name
Earlier this week, the Netflix Player set-top box launched. The Roku hardware costs $100, and the minimum subscription plan that lets you stream content is $9 a month. This would have been awesome, except for three serious deficiencies: Limited selection…
TV or Not TV?
That’s a rhetorical question. We’ve been on the road for a month now, with poor access to broadcast TV, and I started thinking about ditching cable/satellite altogether when we settle down in Portland and putting the money into faster broadband…
Dr. HotSync or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Outlook
Regular readers of this blog will recall that I was disappointed a few days ago by the lack of non-sucky ways for my to sync my PalmPilot’s calendar with my Google Calendar. You’ll be happy, I’m sure, to know that…