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We’re Trekkies And We Know It

Andy — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:34:00 +0000

I’m proud to be a Trekkie and I’m glad these fellows feel comfortable enough in their nerdiness to do this video. But I also cringe while watching it because of the stereotype it reinforces.

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‘Game Of Thrones’, A Clash Of Food

Andy — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:16:10 +0000

Fine Dining Lovers, an online magazine for food enthusiasts, thought you might be interested in the story about Game of Thrones from a foodie point of view.

Fans of Game of Thrones want to eat and drink like they do in the fantasy land of Westeros. Now they can, because Fine Dining Lovers pulled together cookbooks, recipes and beer labels that invite you to create the same meals and drinks the characters in the book eat.

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Interesting Articles: Banana Sex, Android for Battle, Films That Predicted the Future…

Andy — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:26:00 +0000

Top 10 films that predicted the future [Listverse]

The unfortunate sex life of the banana [Damn Interesting]

Securing Android for the Battle Space, armed conflict has radically changed. [Wind River]

Diary of WWI Soldier a hit on Twitter. [MilBlogging]

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The Art of Film & TV Title Design

Andy — Sat, 19 May 2012 04:24:33 +0000

The credits are often the first thing we see when we watch a great film or TV show, but the complexity and artistry of title design is rarely discussed. From PBS Off Book, a quick look at the thinking behind the opening titles for TV shows and movies, including Zombieland, Mad Men, and Se7en.

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Rash of UFO Sightings Around the World

Andy — Fri, 04 May 2012 12:22:56 +0000

There’s been a lot of UFO sightings in the USA, England, Canada and Australia, all reporting seeing an object in the sky shaped like a pyramid.

Coincidence? Conspiracy? You decide. Here’s a few links below with more detail but if you only read one, go to the HuffPost article which also has several videos of some of these events in the last week.

Triangle-Shaped UFOs Buzz Over United States, England And Australia[Huffington Post]

UFO: Couple reports Pyramid-like object over Cambridge, Ontario [Digital Journal]

Op-Ed: Australian UFO witness reports intelligent-like orbs[Digital Journal]

Triangle UFO formation spotted in sunny skies over Sydney [Examiner]

‘Triangle’ UFO Zooms Across Australian Sky Wednesday [Gather]

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Is Batman Gay?

Andy — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:12:19 +0000

Grant Morrison is a writer for Action Comics, he’s also spent a bit of time revamping the Batman comics. So he’s delved into the psyche of the flying rodent superhero and can tell us a thing or two about him. In a recent Playboy interview, Grant confirms some of what has been rumored for many years when he says the character is “very, very gay”.

As Grant tells Playboy:

"He’s very plutonian in the sense that he’s wealthy and also in the sense that he’s sexually deviant. Gayness is built into Batman. I’m not using gay in the pejorative sense, but Batman is very, very gay. There’s just no denying it. Obviously as a fictional character he’s intended to be heterosexual, but the basis of the whole concept is utterly gay."

Some of the comic purists may claim this is heresy, I would refer them to ComicBookMovie’s defense of Grant’s claim of Batman’s gayness.

Frankly, I don’t care if Batman is gay, though I do like the storylines revolving around Batman and Cat Woman and that would be a shame if the sexual tension between the two is a sham.

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News of the Week–Dinos, Superheroes, Nanotech, Windfarms, Deep Drilling and more…

Andy — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:31:05 +0000

	Shark Populations Are Plummeting in Areas Near Humans. Shark populations have recently fallen by up to 90 percent in some areas. – [Planetsave]
	Wind farms may have warming effect. Large wind farms might have a warming effect on the local climate, research in the United States showed on Sunday, casting a shadow over the long-term sustainability of wind power. – [Reuters]
	Japan deep-sea drilling probe sets world record. A Japanese deep-sea drilling probe has set a new world record for depth, reaching 7740 meters (25400 feet) below the sea surface. – [Fox News]
	Foods and packaging containing nanoparticles may require more scrutiny. The FDA has previously stated that nanotechnology is not inherently unsafe; however, materials at the nano scale can pose different safety issues. – [Sci-Tech Today]
	A new study may explain many mysteries about dinosaurs, such as why enormous species had such small offspring, why non-flying dinos went extinct, and why today’s birds fly. Large body size, egg-laying ways of dinos may have helped to do them in – [MSNBC]
	Summer movie preview: It’s a superhero smackdown. The Avengers vs Spider-Man vs Batman (and don’t forget Men in Black 3)– [Journal Gazette]

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Kirk / Spock 2012 Election

Andy — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:28:33 +0000

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‘Tiny Cthulhu’ – The Indie 3D Platform Game

Andy — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:20:13 +0000

Ben Crispin informed me of a new 3D platform game under development and pointed me to a trailer to demonstrate their progress.

This game is “Tiny Cthulhu”, an indie 3D platform game destined for the PC/Mac/Linux and of course the game is inspired by the works of H.P.Lovercraft. Check out the teaser trailer below, for more information head on over to the dev team’s blog for much more information on the inspiration and plans for the game.

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Star Trek Course at Croatian University

Geeknews — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:23:01 +0000

The Croatian Times reports that the local university now has a course on Star Trek.

Here’s a snippet:

Students at the University of Rijeka in Croatia have been discussing philosophical issues based on themes from the TV series “Star Trek”. It is all thanks to their Professor Boran Bercic, who is a huge fan of the popular TV series, reported daily newspaper 24sata.

Starting with an ongoing academic year, the University of Rijeka, namely the Department of Philosophy introduced “Star Trek” as an elective course. Professor Bercic, the initiator of the course finds Star Trek to be an inexhaustible source of many philosophical themes.

I want to know if the course will also teach Klingon or if I still need to attend the Klingon Language Institute for that.

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