Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Television. Show all posts
Monday, March 07, 2011

Podcast: Why I don't (but do) watch 'Fringe'

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Image via Wikipedia Here's my latest SF Signal Podcast appearance, wherein I,  Scott Shaffer ,  Fred Kiesche ,  Matthew Sanborn Smith , ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

My various SF Signal podcast appearances

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Image via Wikipedia I have been frustratingly unavailable to participate in these of late, but suffice it to say, the SF Signal Podcast is ...
Monday, October 25, 2010

'Internet TV and The Death of Cable' and 3 more must-read links

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Image by NathanReed via Flickr Internet TV and The Death of Cable TV, really New Scientist announces flash fiction contest judged by Neil...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010

What work of classic literature was Gene Roddenberry's inspiration for Star Trek? (Hint: It wasn't "Wagon Train")

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A mere 44 years ago this week -- Sept. 8, 1966 -- the first episode of Star Trek aired on CBS. The debut of " The Man Trap " was ...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Nerd Word of the Week: HOPA girl

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Image mercilessly stolen from theChive. HOPA girl (n.) - An internet meme that seems too good to be true, but becomes popular anyway. Al...
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Nerd Word of the Week: Conlang

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Conlang flag - Image via Wikipedia Conlang (n.) - Slang term for constructed language , which is a language created for a specific purpose...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Truly Trivial: When was the first 3D television broadcast, and what program was shown?

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Image via Wikipedia For those of us fortunate enough to attend the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it has become glaring appa...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Truly Trivial: Who is the original creator of Festivus? (Hint: It ain't Seinfeld)

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Image via Wikipedia Today is my daughters birthday and thus I have no plans to do actual work today, so enjoy a recycled Truly Trivial fro...
Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Truly Trivial: What non-sci-fi book was the original basis for the alien invasion series V?

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Image by spike55151 via Flickr The revamped version of the television minseries V just finished its initial four-episode "pod" ...
Sunday, May 17, 2009

Introducing the Nerd Word of the Day

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Image by Dunechaser via Flickr In what can only be categorized as an act of insane hubris, I've decided that the Written Weird is going...
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Monday, May 11, 2009

The new Star Trek movie is the best possible Trek film--which is why they shouldn't make another one.

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Image via Wikipedia Yes, I saw the Trek reboot on Saturday. Yes I liked it. No, it wasn't perfect, but that's not just me being a fa...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008

The difference between sports geeks and sci-fi geeks

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The only problem is that I'm a sci-fi geek and a sports fan. There's quite a few of us, actually, which is why they make these . P...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Steal This Mission Statement

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Okay, so this is Clay Shirky doing a classic poke-the-blogosphere braindump at Web 2.0 , but--in a fashion I reckon Shirky himself would ap...