Review: Dark As Day by Charles Sheffield

A pretty nice follow-up to Cold As Ice. I’m going to have to look into more Sheffield books.

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Burton / Wolfe Entertainment

As you can tell from the name of this site, I’m a big fan of Levar Burton. A month or so ago, he and his business partner Mark Wolfe launched a logo design contest over on Worth1000’s Logo Contest page. Well, they have selected a winner!

All rights reserved to Burton/Wolfe Entertainment

This is a great image and hits on all of the points the duo laid out as requirements. I’d heard both good and bad things about logo contests. If I ever started a company, I would probably go the same route. But having a famous name to associate with it probably helps to bring out the pro designers.

V: My First Impressions

My wife's eyes only fall on the right side of this image

There’s almost nothing worse than having to get some real work done when a great show is on the tube. Last night I watched the first episode of V (re-imagined) while trying to build a dimensional modeling tutorial. My initial thoughts were Wow! I loved the opening scenes and the setup.

The show did a great job of laying out the main characters, their issues, and the initial path along the V road. Elizabeth Mitchell was great! I thought she was good in Lost and she’s the perfect fit for this show.

The graphics (which get ever so cheaper to produce) were equally nice. A lot of the CG in TV shows today rival what was done in movies just 5 or 6 years ago.

And what I did not like. Too much, too fast. Yes, this is a re-imagining. But, there were just too many reveals in the first episode. Morris is Visitor. So is Elizabeth’s partner. The Visitor’s are really evil. They could have spread this out over a couple of episodes.

We’ll see how things go over the next few weeks. Hopefully, this can turn into a long running show. I miss BSG

GeekDad: Carl Sagan Day!

I have a new post over on GeekDad! Celebrating one of the greatest science communicators of all time!

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/11/celebrate-carl-sagan-day/

GeekDad: NASA iPhone Application – Download Now!

I forgot to repost this on GC after it landed on GeekDad last week. If you have an iPhone, you MUST download this app!

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/10/iphone-nasa-fabtastic-space-geek-app/

Review: Cold As Ice by Charles Sheffield

I picked up this book while on a day-trip to Nashville. Shout out to the Bookman/Bookwoman bookstore. I really enjoyed this one. The characters were great!

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From this…

b.vikki's great aunties

To This…

Circa 2009

My how times have changed!

Shout out to BNN for the link to b.vikki! Show some love on b.vikki’s Etsy page: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=8232455

Review: Ringworld by Larry Niven

Another sci-fi classic that I had never read before. An okay read, but at the same time still very interesting.

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Looking Back At Home

For me, one of the saddest things in life is to see inner city gangs fighting over turf. Often just a block or two. I’ve always found that view of life so limiting.

I feel the same way about people that have never traveled outside of their city or county. There is so much about this life and this universe to discover. Now look at this picture!

Home

That’s home. Home for me. Home for you. Home for all six billion humans in this universe. Everyone that you have ever loved, every person in all of history has lived on that ball of rock.

This picture was taken from a satellite that was orbiting the planet Mars. Back in 2006, it took some time out from looking down at Mars and turned its camera towards the heavens. Wow! Even more spectacular is the full image, which captures Jupiter and its moons.

Support space science and exploration! Turn your kids into space nerds!

Big ups to BA for the highlight of the original!

Android: Satisfy Your Board Game Jones

Trailers for movies. Sure, been doing that for years.

Trailers for video games. Just as popular as movies.

Trailers for books. A new thing, gaining popularity.

Trailers for board games. WTF?!

A friend of mine who is an avid board gamer, pointed me to the Fantasy Flight Games site. FFG does not produce your Yatzhee’s and Sorry’s. No, these folks are serious and the games look awesome. I might have to break off a purchase. But only if I can find some board gamers to play with. Anyone want to play?

Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest

Picked up this book on a recommendation from Boing Boing. A very good choice. Possibly the best book I’ve read this year!

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Obama Bringing Betelguese To Big Head Babies

OK. So I get a fail on the blog title. But I found this in my Google Reader today:

White House to Host Star Party

I can honestly say I wish I lived in D.C. right now. Then after the party, I’d move back to ‘bama. Can’t wait until  the WH releases the pics. If you can’t make it to the WH on that day, you can watch live on NASA TV.

I wonder if this is a first? If not, when was the last time?

Keep promoting that science Obama team! We need more young scientists in this country!

Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

I was really waiting on this book. But in the end, it just wasn’t that great.

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GeekDad: Surrogates Review

I did a review of the new Surrogates movie on GeekDad. Sit back in your stim chair and click the link below…

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/09/ten-things-parents-should-know-about-the-surrogates/