I feel like I should spend more time on this site and on Twitter pointing out the flaws of conservatives here in Canada and in the United States. The truth is that it’s getting boring and repetitive. I’ve been pointing out the flaws of conservatives and their ‘philosophies’ since the days of Reagan and, although…
Why Do So Many Science Fiction Writers Fear Science?
Charlie Jane Anders at io9 asked an interesting question this week: “Why does science fiction portray extended human lifespans negatively?”. It is an interesting question in and of itself, but it almost immediately raised other questions for me. Specifically, how do science fiction writers treat other advances that may soon be within our grasp. Surprisingly,…
The Talking Heads 1984 BBC TV Special
This 68 minute special features the Talking Heads, in their prime, performing live at London’s Wembley Arena along with clips and interviews. David Byrne, credited as a creative consultant, apparently had a hand in selecting the strange television clips that go along with the music. It was aired by BBC’s Channel 4 and includes “Life…
Watch the Simpsons ‘the Hobbit’ Couch Gag
Peter Jackson needs 3 movies to tell the story of the Hobbit, the Simpsons manage to do it in 99 seconds (though it’s a bit of an abridged version).
Play Vintage Video Games in Your Browser
Archive.org is, without a doubt, one of the best sites on the internet. The site currently holds 1,421,073 movie and video files, 1,757,038 audio recordings, 121,839 live music concerts, 5,444,949 text files and a searchable TV news archive. All of it is completely free and most is in the public domain. Somehow though, Archive keeps…
Why the Russell Brand Interview Was Important and Why It Wasn’t
There has been a great deal of back and forth for the last several days about Russell Brand and his ‘revolutionary’ interview with Jeremy Paxman. Brand did not really say anything new, or revolutionary. He didn’t say anything that hasn’t been said before by people who are smarter, better educated and more experienced in politics.…
NASA Discusses It’s Next Mars Mission [video]
From the NASAtelevision YouTube Channel, NASA officials and scientists discuss their next Mars mission. The Maven satellite will launch in just under a month (on November 18). Maven’s mission will be to run tests on the Mars atmosphere to try to determine where it’s at now, what it may have been like in the past…
Ded Talk: Like A Ted Talk, but for Zombies
From Official Comedy, the Ted Talk that you’re going to want if you ever find yourself among the undead. Specifically: “Survival, instinct, brains; How do we eat them, how do we use them.”
11 Doctors in 10 Minutes : Doctor Who Regeneration Mashup
There are two months left until Matt Smith signs out to make way for Peter Capaldi (who is going to be insanely good in the role). Here, via Brian Rimmer, is a mashup of the last 10 Doctors final moments.
Ten Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance
Reprinted from the Electronic Frontier Foundation under a Creative Commons License. One of the trends we’ve seen is how, as the word of the NSA’s spying has spread, more and more ordinary people want to know how (or if) they can defend themselves from surveillance online. But where to start? The bad news is: if…