Saw a couple of movies recently that I thought were worth mentioning:

Star Trek Beyond: Easily the best of the series so far. Don't get me wrong: I like the 2009 Star Trek*-it has its flaws, but overall it is a good, fun movie. Beyond, however, is where the series has hit its stride. It is the closest in feel, in character, in story, and in theme ( Read more... )

Today is the 55th anniversary of Vostok-1, the first human space flight, on which Yuri Gagarin of the USSR became the first human being in space. It is also the 35th anniversary of STS-1, the first space shuttle launch, specifically of Space Shuttle Columbia.

So celebrate space flight today! Maybe go watch some videos over at SciShow Space, or ( Read more... )

My friend Keith R.A. deCandido (yes, that Keith R.A. deCandido, aka kradical) recently had a bit of a financial snafu that required him to create a GiveForward campaign asking for help to meet expenses. That campaign was a success in substantially less than 24 hours. I myself contributed a small amount-had the campaign lasted until today (pay day) it would ( Read more... )

IF the USS Voyager was transported 70,000 light years away when it was sent to the Delta Quadrant, and

IF said voyage home would take 70 years at maximum warp (stated in the series to be 9.75),

THEN the USS Voyager can travel 1,000 light years in one Solar year,

WHICH EQUALS 2.74 light years per Solar day,

WHICH MEANS that it would take the USS ( Read more... )

(Historian’s Note: This scene takes place immediately after the conclusion of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Up the Long Ladder”.)

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Once again, I seem to have been neglecting posting new videos here. So here are all the videos I've posted to my YouTube channel since June:

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UPDATE 2013-AUG-07 08:47 PDT
I've changed the order of some of the lyrics and changed one spot that I think needed it.

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I normally don't listen to Daft Punk that much, but their song "Get Lucky" has been on the radio a lot recently, and ... well, you know how it goes.

Getting Geeky, music by Daft Punk, lyrics by Eben Brooks ( Read more... )

In addition to that amazing video I posted about yesterday, it seems that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield also made news for a different reason yesterday when he received a call from William Shatner.

As I said yesterday in another forum, I'd be insanely jealous if I wasn't already too busy being super-impressed.

I now have a third LOL that made it to the front page of Set Phasers to LOL. And, yet again, it's a Star Trek LOL:


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