Authors I Wish I’d Read As a Teenager- H. Beam Piper
Today I finished reading Four Day Planet by H. Beam Piper, which is the fourth of Piper’s novels that I’ve read. He was a pulp sci-fi writer...
Paranominal and other Weird Stuff Sites
I stumbled across this today- Paranominal is a clearing-house website for weird stuff stories of many different kinds- UFOs, Ghosts, Cryptozoology, you know the drill. Seems like...
4 Terrifying Psychology Lessons Behind Famous Movie Monsters | Cracked.com
Interesting, and topical for Halloween. 4 Terrifying Psychology Lessons Behind Famous Movie Monsters — powered by Cracked.com
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lawrence Krauss Have a Throwdown about Manned vs Unmanned Space Exploration
I have to say, Neil deGrasse Tyson is rapidly becoming one of my favorite people in science, if for no other reason than how darn cool he...
Forest City Cup- London’s First Go Tournament!
It’s amazing how some things progress in life. A year ago I was just a single player dreaming of there being a Go club here in London....
Live Action Ranma 1/2 Special will Air in December!
Apparently someone had decided to do a Live-Action Ranma 1/2 show in Japan, probably out of a mix of nostalgia and lack of ideas. I used to...
What happens when you mix young teen sexuality with the Chthulu mythos?
The answer is DYE “Fantasy” a video by JEREMIE PERIN, a french animator. Gorgeously animated, and totally horrific. Really, I mean it: NSFW horror- don’t watch if...
For god’s sake people, stop clicking on mystery links in emails from friends.
In the last week, it seems many people I know have made the mistake of clicking on a link in an email from a friend. The letters...
Canadian Tories admit that Canadians don’t want DRM rules, push for them anyway – Boing Boing
I’m hoping this one will get struck down ASAP by the Supreme Court once it hits, since there doesn’t seem to be any way to stop it....
New Bill in US Congress would send people to jail for 5 years for singing any copyrighted song on Youtube.
You Americans who read this might want to get on this issue. Although they may not have chosen the best mascot, after all, there are people who...