Okay, this isn't entirely a rant. I'll freely admit I hated the movie on first viewing. As in, hated with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. But having had a week to mull it over - and a second viewing with awarrington helped a fair bit - I've downgraded to ambivalent.

( In which I rant about science... )

I spend most of my days arguing with Anvil, one of my officemates. This would be a good thing if I meant 'argue' in the sense of 'have a heated discussion from opposing viewpoints,' because I enjoy those. Alas, arguments with him tend to involve my saying something and his replying 'Uh, no, you're wrong.' This gets annoying when I actually want to ( Read more... )

You know how we all have different triggers that will make us backbutton a fic? (And yes, btw, 'to backbutton' is a perfectly valid verb in my head) Spelling, grammar, misspelling of characters' names, whatever ( Read more... )

Sometimes I feel like I am possibly the most stupid sentient being in the Galaxy.

Stupid thing the first: My internet died on Thursday. I was distraught. I am waiting for a replacement router that hasn't shown up, and have had to face how boring and futile offline life really is. Today, two days into my purgatory, I remembered that I pay shocking ( Read more... )

I was recently asked to work out some stuff on planets for a friend who's writing an original SF novel, and it occurred to me that others might find this useful for writing SF and/or fanfic. Certainly, I've used all this stuff in my Trek fic (since I am a geek). Plus, it's fun ( Read more... )

My first day off in forever didn't go so well, as I ended up having to work. Albeit from home, so at least I didn't have to get dressed or anything crazy like that, but still.

To get over this trauma, I had a long bath and finished the novelisation of Star Trek. ( And of course, I have some squeefully spoilerific thoughts, with extra warning for science rambling )

I don't suppose it's much of a secret that I am a little bit in love with the new Star Trek. But there was one aspect of the film that bothered me enormously (and I'm not even talking about the romance), so I invested in the prequel comic in the hope that it would make more sense. Sadly, it doesn't (although it is awesome in other respects, and ( Read more... )