So a little probe flew past Pluto yesterday and is sending back data and pictures of a cute pinkish planet (which conveniently was passed at an angle that made some geographic features look a bit like a giant cartoon heart) that, even if it's not officially a planet anymore is still like the Ambassador of the Kuiper Belt or even the Solar System's ( Read more... )

I don't remember if I posted about it when it happened, but the European Space Agency landed a probe (Philae) on a comet back last November, which was amazing considering it was like throwing a pea from Paris and landing it in the eye of the Statue of Liberty or something. However, due to some difficulties on landing it bounced into a shady spot ( Read more... )

I posted this over on the comm for the Cabin Pressure radio play, but there has been a cool development since posting which I added to that post but wanted to post again because EEEE!

There is a group on Tumblr that has organized a Cabin Pressure Advent Calendar full series re-listen. They're doing the episodes in original airing order rather than ( Read more... )

ash48 made a video for my fandomaid donation (which she did very kindly since I think I got in too late to count as winning, but she did it anyway)! I can't watch it yet because I need to watch all of season 9 of Supernatural first and that is gonna take a while! Arg. I'm okay with that though, and ash48 has been very kindly keeping me updated on progress and warning ( Read more... )

I just found this out and emitted a sharp high-pitched squeak of a kind I have never emitted before.

NASA has announced that their new Mars Rover heading for Mars in 2020 is to be called SHERLOCK. Well, S.H.E.R.L.O.C. really, for "Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals", but the intent is there. I ( Read more... )

I found this while wandering through the local Superstore. It's not officially Sherlock merchandise, but whatever. I think it's awesome.

( It's a mug patterned in cable-knit like John's oatmeal jumper! )

Someone made art for one of my stories! :-O

smore123 on deviantart/LasagnaLover on FF.net drew this adorable picture for my Avengers fic, The Tactical Applications of Caramel Apples and Ring-Tailed Lemurs! I'm thrilled!

Coffee helps people live longer.In previous studies somewhere it looked like it was bad for you, but in this study they factored out other things that tend to go with coffee drinking, like smoking and some other stuff, whatever, and it turns out the more coffee you drink, up to a max 4-5 8oz cups, the better it is for you. Or something. I was too ( Read more... )

I want to pimp some of my old stories over at ficwriter1966's new happy shiny bouncy Supernatural comm, spn_bigpretzel. I've been going through the stuff I have written for Supernatural and narrowed it down to... um... fifty-eight possible stories that fit the comm mandate. O.o

( SO. I am throwing it open to you guys. )

podlizzie has done an audio recording of both my Sherlock story " Echoes" and chocolateteacup's Victorian-era obverse of this story, " Whispers", in a single audio file, which is available for download along with the gorgeous cover art here at her journal.