So, in about 9 hours. NASA's landing a new rover, Curiosity, on Mars, and everyone is invited to watch.

[Cool video of the simulated landing process embedded under the spoiler-cut]

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[Further details and space-geekery.]Aside from the awesome "How to get a Rover to automatically land itself on Mars in several steps that could go wrong several different ways and we won't even know for fourteen minutes when the signal gets here whether it worked or not, with ( Read more... )

I don't know whether watching this now is early or late or what, considering I've already seen Holiday displays being set up in stores and Halloween hasn't even passed yet... O.o

Contains profanity and things. Possibly innuendo.

I'm going to try to reign it in on the screencapping on this and following reaction posts, due to continuing LJ errors ( Read more... )

There will be a picspam going up tonight, but it won't be for Supernatural because I haven't had a chance to even start watching the episode yet due to multiple technical issues yet to be resolved. However while waiting the great long chunks of time for resolutions that weren't resolving anything, I got a Picspam done for the Series 5 Christmas ( Read more... )

( My 'Treats' cupboard has spontaneously developed into Crossover fanfic. )

Since this is the last weekend I'll have before the next season of Supernatural airs, I'd better get this done! Of course that would mean getting through two episodes this weekend, so no on that, but I did get halfway there! Yay ( Read more... )

Since the back half of Series Six started airing this weekend, I should get on with watching Series Five, hmm?

Contains profanity and speculation based on things I think I know about future episodes. Possibly spoilers for Classic Who episodes, in case anyone's going at it backwards.

( Doctor Who, Series Five, Episode Ten )

Contains profanity and speculation based on things I think I know about future episodes, quite a bit of griping about spoilers at the end.

( Doctor Who, Series Five, Episode Nine )

...Well, why not. *beats writer's block with large stick*

Contains profanity and speculation based on things I think I know about future episodes...( warning under cut )

I need a mental beer, and I'm blocked on everything I have on the go writing wise, so what the hell, it's time for another Series 5 Doctor Who picspam reaction thingy. Over 100 caps and a bonus classic era cap thrown in just 'cause.

Contains profanity and speculation based on things I think I know about future episodes....( Read more... )

So, there's this band called Chameleon Circuit that does Doctor Who themed music (AKA Timelord-Rock or 'Trock'). They released an album today called "Still Got Legs" full of stuff I can't listen to yet because it refers to things I haven't seen yet from Series Five but I bought it off iTunes anyway. But that's not the point of this post.

( The point is, at time of posting, the album is #6 on the Canadian iTunes Rock Album charts. )