This is pretty cool. It’s a series of videos touring the International Space Station.
Neat stuff, at least to a geek like me.
Category Archives: Interests
Midlife Crisis: State Of The European Union : NPR
Pretty good series on how the EU is faces the challenges of the modern day.
Not coincidentally, NPR has been doing some good reporting of late since that FAUX News-spouting tool Steve Inskeep has been on vacation or whatever.
Film features: How To Reboot Star Wars | TotalFilm.com
Call me crazy, but this could work. Not that it will happen.
Top 10 One Liners from the Past 10 Years
Another fun list for you to go over. That is, for whoever is still reading this.
London Journal – Cricket and Baseball Find Common Ground in Exhibit – NYTimes.com
Granted, I’ve watched cricket and some of it still baffles me, but that sport and baseball still have a lot in common. A new exhibit focuses on those similarities.
Look Sir, droids!
Two stories this week concerning our increasingly mechanized military.
The first one involves self-driving supply trucks that allow the humans riding in it to spend their time looking for roadside bombs.
Personally, I’d reverse the roles but it’s progress I guess.
Next story is a tad scarier. The Brits have basically built a Cylon Raider which they call the Taranis. Read up on it here.
So, um, Skynet may not have been so fictional, eh?
The American right’s trendy new constitutional doctrine: Gut feelings : Damned Pundit :: Las Vegas CityLife
Another taste of the incredible levels of hypocrisy and stupidity coming from the GOP here in Nevada.
Thanks to Hugh Jackson for doing what so few others are willing to do.
Kick-ass Machete Posters Hit The Web
Can’t wait for Machete? I’m planning on seeing it too. Here are some of the promo posters we should be seeing soon.
Christopher Nolan: The Movies. The Memories. Part 4: Gary Oldman on Batman Begins
This is a damn cool interview with Gary Oldman on his thoughts on director Christopher Nolan. It’s part of a series of interviews with folks who have worked with him. Nolan, that is.
I forget how many of his films I actually do enjoy. Nolan, that is, but I could go days talking about Gary Oldman flicks too. I look forward to the rest of the series, but this one is, thus far, the best.
Infograph: How the World Spends its Time Online
Get the full view here.