Hijinks Ensue: Baltimore Comic-Con 2011 Fancy Sketches

A collection, but I was particularly taken by the image in the lower right-hand corner, especially with the alt text. And then I thought... hmmmm... yeah, I'd totally pay to see that.

I actually managed to watch this morning's launch live on the NASA channel. No annoying reporters talking over communications between Mission Control and the shuttle, just the comm signals and someone explaining what they mean without interrupting. Plus they don't cut away as soon as the shuttle is out of view, you continue to "ride" on the fuel ( Read more... )

Wil Wheaton: librarians are awesome

I ♥ U Wil!

Wil Wheaton: from the vault: some of us are looking at starsWil shares his memory of January 28, 1986, when Challenger was lost 73 seconds after launch. I remember that day very well too. We didn't have a big viewing event at our school, but at launch time, my class happened to be in possession of ( Read more... )

Confessions of an Aca-Fan: District 9 (Part One): Can a Bench Be a Transmedia Extension?

It's interesting to me to read about the "viral marketing" approach taken with District 9 and how it "snuck into theaters" according to some reviewers because they weren't targeted by regular marketing as they normally would be. The reason it's so interesting ( Read more... )