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Day 23 - Most annoying character

Ever ever ever? Oh god, Elizabeth Weir on Stargate Atlantis. I liked her in season one but she became such an obnoxious character after that. She had no chemistry with the other characters at all, but especially Sheppard, and most of what I remember about season two is that so ( Read more... )

This is a sort-of year in review. I haven't done anything like this since 2005, I think, mostly because 2006 and 2007 were pretty much the same as 2005: I was miserable in grad school. Then I was miserable in grad school for the first half of 2008 and miserable in unemployment for the second half. So there wasn't much going on there, either ( Read more... )

(OMG it is still actually December 17th ( Read more... )

My response to mercwriter's prompt, though I didn't stick very closely to the prompt. Sorry. :/

Title: Christmas on Atlantis
Rating: PG
Characters: Pretty much everyone
Word Count: 1,631
Spoilers/Warnings: It's season five of SGA, I guess. I don't think this could actually fit anywhere into the timeline presented on the show, though.
Summary: Todd gets ( Read more... )

The first of the prompts I was given! This one is from fueschgast, who wanted the Doctor and Rodney McKay to meet. It's not really a complete story because it totally got away from me and grew bigger than I had planned, but this is what I've written. I may go back someday and flesh it out into a proper story.

Title: Rescue
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairing: ( Read more... )

Two weeks this time because I wasn't on the Internet at all during Dragon*Con.

Entertainment/Media
See every trailer for all the new and returning sci-fi/fantasy shows. Just in case you wanted it all in one place or something.

io9's spoiler-free take on the pilot episode of Stargate Universe. Hmm...don't know. This is still very much wait-and-see ( Read more... )

Science/Technology

IBM uses DNA to make next-gen microchips. DNA as scaffolding - neat idea.

The Origin of: The Computer Mouse. Scientific American has been doing a whole series on the origins of various things, all worth a read.

Synthetic biology advance: Genome transferred between two bacteria via yeast. Craig Venter's at it again. Here's ( Read more... )

Time for some links I collected over the week. I keep meaning to do this more often.

Science

Immortality improves cell reprogramming. Scientists have found that blocking an anti-tumor pathway in adult cells allows the creation of stem-like cells...which isn't surprising, since that's pretty close to what cancer cells are and cells can become ( Read more... )

So what, this is only like a week late, right?

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