“Hey, whatcha doin’?” “Making breakfast.” “I don’t know if you know this, but I like toast.” “Really? You don’t say.” “Was that sarcasm? I’m not so good with sarcasm.” “No, I just never would’ve guessed from the way you gaze longingly at the counter every morning…” “OK, that’s definitely sarcasm.” “Or the way you lick […]
Month: February 2008
links for 2008-02-07
John Cleese | The A.V. Club “The A.V. Club recently had a loose, freewheeling conversation with the comedy icon about the flaws in Monty Python films, roles accepted and rejected, James Bond, the shortcomings of organized religion and studio executives, and why he doesn’t much care (tags: movies silly society culture) Dark matter may not […]
Good News, Bad News
The good news: the first UNC-Duke game of the year is tonight. It’s a little less interesting than it might be, as Carolina guard Ty Lawson has a sprained ankle and the Tar Heels are nowhere near as good without him, but it’s still likely to be a good game, and the atmosphere is always […]
links for 2008-02-06
WD5 most likely missed Mars, but we may never know – The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society The asteroid is now officially lost. (tags: astronomy planets space science) Saint Gasoline » Blog Archive » The Allegory of the Trolley Problem Paradox Or, Why You Shouldn’t Major in Philosophy (tags: comics humanities silly) My […]
Gadget Query: Presentation Remotes
I’m going to be giving a bunch of presentations in the coming year, mostly using PowerPoint on my Tablet PC. One of the awkward things about using it in class is that I have to keep walking back across the room to change slides (I prefer physically pointing at the screen to waving a laser […]
Duty is Heavier Than a Mountain
I’m registered as an independent, so I can’t vote in either of the primaries today (and I like it that way). If you are an American registered with one party or the other, though, and in a state holding a primary today, go vote. End of civic duty nag.
Darth Vader vs. My Dog
The Paper of Record reports on a science debate, of sorts: On one side of a vaunted cultural divide were Doug Liman, director of the coming movie “Jumper,” about a young man who discovers he can transport himself anywhere he wants just by thinking about it, and Hayden Christensen, the film’s star. On the other […]
Tell Me What to Nominate
It’s Hugo nomination season again, which means that I need to come up with a list of works to suggest for SF’s premier fan-voted award. It also means that there are lots of publications out there putting out lists of recommended works to help potential Hugo voters narrow their ballots. Last year, there was a […]
links for 2008-02-05
Acephalous: At the Single Happiest Moment of My Professional Career … “Please snap the most unflattering photograph of me possible. “ (tags: football silly pictures) The knights who say “nerd”: 20 pop-cultural obsessions even geekier than Monty Python | The A.V. Club “20. Fanfic: Because cartoonist Jim Davis will probably never tap the raw, unspoken […]
My Boskone Schedule
I’ll be on programming at Boskone again this year, and got my preliminary schedule over the weekend: Satur 10am Tunguska at 100 Guy Consolmagno, Jeff Hecht, Chad Orzel On June 30, 1908, an exploding asteroid leveled 2000 square kilometers of Siberian forest, producing a fireball from the sky which knocked pine trees over like matchsticks […]