I am thinking of doing a project. I don't want to talk details yet because I honestly don't have any. It's kind of a nebulous thing in my head (it's like a plan, but with more greatness). But as part of it, I wanted to ask you all ( Read more... )

5 Reasons It Sucks Being a Joss Whedon FanI don't consider myself a Whedon fan. I love Firefly/Serenity and I really like Dr. Horrible. Beyond that? Meh. Never could stand Buffy. Angel had some good bits but wasn't consistent enough for me to take the time to watch it regularly. The premise of Dollhouse made me throw up in my mouth a little bit so ( Read more... )

I spent almost all weekend catching up on season one of Fringe as well as the two episodes of season two that have already aired. Some basic thoughts under the cut. Includes spoilers for the whole series, including what's been aired in season two.

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The fall TV season is upon us once more, and once more I'll be attempting to watch shows and maybe actually stick with them. We'll see how long that lasts. Anyway, here's something like a schedule:

Monday

Heroes: Season Four premieres September 21st at 8:00pm on NBC.
House: Season Six premieres September 21st at 8:00pm on FOX.
The Big Bang Theory ( 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... )

So there's this: Your Complete Guide to Fall Science Fiction TV. Man, are the pickings slim this year. Of course, it's kind of my own personal theory that odd-numbered years in general are terrible for new TV shows. And I have such a hard time keeping up with shows that I do watch, and I don't watch that many (current count of shows I make a point ( 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... )

More links and things, mostly Stargate-related. It's been about a week since I last went through my feeds, so some of these are a few days old.

Stargate
First, of course, check out the Stargate Universe teaser that aired last night with the finale of Battlestar Galactica.

From a couple days ago: a short interview with Robert Carlyle about SGUAnd ( Read more... )

Are you a female and/or person of color tired of the movie, TV, comics, and gaming industries telling you that if you're not a white male between 12-30 you can't possibly be a genre fan? That you can't possibly want to spend money on DVDs, games, and other merchandise to support the genre shows you like? That you are the wrong demographic and thus ( Read more... )