With all of the retro cool analog phone sets and other low-tech gear on Battlestar Galactica, FTL (faster than light) drive not withstanding I was beginning to get the impression that the whole thing...
Since I might be slightly too old to be an astronaut (although the specs don’t rule me out for degree, corrected eyesight, height or resting blood pressure!), another cool job would be to virtually...
A LARGE shout-out to the Tomball High School Cougar Pride Marching Band. They had a very successful October contest season, including: Related posts: No related posts.
The dynamic due put together a phenomenal acoustic album, for Dave and Tim fans, DMB fans and accessible to music lovers of all genres Yes, I’m a Dave Matthew’s fanboy. I purchased both the...
You know you are a true geek (and a nostalgic one at that!) when you still have your copy of 6502 Assembly Language Programming by Lance A. Leventhal (published 1979). I do not program...
As a music spectacle, it was pretty spectacular. But as a rallying cry and mustering of political might, I question if Live Earth actually made things better or worse. These types of “benefit concerts”...
This months Global Intelligencer features an article I penned on Quantum Computing, constrasting its development with that of classical computing as we have known it. I am working on a much longer article, but...
A first time novelist’s first time at the show I went to BEA (and took my wife and son) for many reasons: My first book (Dusk Before the Dawn) was up for a 2006...
From the chameleon writer of many genres, a good detective novel Dan Simmons writes Science Fiction (he won the Hugo award for Hyperion in 1989). Dan Simmons writes Horror (Bram Stoker Award, Carrion Comfort)....
Intricate plot, excellent book. How does Simmons think this stuff up? Mr. Simmons is arguably one of the best genre-hopping authors around, having pulled down awards for SciFi, Horror, Fantasy, etc. But this massive...
