Category: Recreation
Stargate Universe – Air
The Pilot episode(s) of StarGate Universe are now available from iTunes for Free…. ‘When their hidden base comes under attack, a band of civilians and military personnel escape through a Stargate on an ancient ship headed into deep space. Now, these survivors must figure out a way to get back to Earth, while also providing […]
64bit Handbrake?
Accelerate Your Macintosh! News Page – 10/1/09: “64-bit Builds of HandBrake – I’m sure not news to many of you but forgot to post this earlier. A reader had replied to my comments on using Handbrake (std 32bit version) last week (in a post on first impressions of the 5G nano) with a link to […]
Primeval saved! You’ll get to see at least 13 more episodes
Primeval saved! You’ll get to see at least 13 more episodes: “ If you’re a fan of the Brit walking-with-dinosaurs sci-fi adventure series Primeval, you’re in luck: Three months after ITV canceled the show, BBC America and U.K. pay channel UKTV are rescuring it from extinction. “
Don’t Ask The Wall Street Journal How To Wean Your Kids Off Reading Science Fiction [Books]
IO9, just provided me with a good chuckle… Somebody wrote to the Wall Street Journal’s book advice column to ask how you go about convincing your 13-year-old nephew to stop reading science fiction. Thank goodness the WSJ’s in-house book nerd was smart enough to say: You don’t. Be glad that when you were a teenager, […]
The Last Lecture
Ever sit through a bad software demonstration? Â Well, I have, and boy can it be bad…. Â Though, not quite as bad as this… Lumalin Productions present, The Last Lecture. GRRF – The Last Lecture from Lumalin Productions on Vimeo.
The Analytics Behind The Red-Shirt Phenomenon In The Original Star Trek Series
Back in 2007 Matt Bailey of SiteLogic took look a the analytics behind the ‘Red-Shirt Phenomenon’ in the original Star Trek series, where the guy in the red shirt who is beamed down to the planet with Captain Kirk is the one who always dies. It was found that red-shirted crewmembers tended to die in […]
Want a different movie? Just Pan and Scan it…
This video discusses the differences between a Pan & Scan movie & the original wide screen movie… Â And how the act of Pan & Scanning the movie, effectively recreates the movie, losing the original direction of the movie.