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... )

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... )

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 I kept meaning to write a little reaction/review thing for the new Star Trek movie, but it's really kind of after the fact (it's been a whole eight days since I last saw it!) and I don't really have much to say that hasn't already been said by others. So I'm just going to echo the general SQUEE and FLAIL and point out that I've seen the movie ( Read more... )