With Series 8 just around the corner next month, the BBC premiered a one minute trailer looking at the upcoming season. I am really looking forward to the Twelfth Doctor and from the trailer it looks like we are in for quite the epic ride. BTW – DUH! Spoilers!! I think over the past few years, they have done a good job getting me excited…
July 13, 2014For those of you who are lucky enough to live in the UK, my favorite Python and Travel Programme presenter, Michael Palin is embarking on a 21 venue tour in September and October to promote volume three of his diaries, Travelling to Work 1988-1998. The live show is divided into two parts – the first talking about his travel series (my all-time favorite travel shows)…
July 9, 2014Great article in Nature talking about how scientists are setting off explosions (mini-quakes if you will) around Mount St. Helens in Washington State to try and get a better understanding of what exactly is going on with the magma. In one of the biggest-ever seismology deployments at an active volcano, researchers are peppering Mount St Helens in Washington state with equipment to study the intricate…
July 8, 2014It’s 2014 and I’m really excited that we have reached a point where I can get real time data on maps. I remember when we used to be able to get 15 minute old satellite weather photos on Mosaic 20 years ago in grad school. Now, I can just pull it up and watch it happen. Kottke had a great post a few weeks ago,…
July 7, 2014A perfect lazy Sunday movie, we caught Jason and the Argonauts on Turner Classic Movies this weekend and it was great. It was one of those movies you hear about (Tom Hanks likes it) and is widely considered one of the most influential and best of Ray Harryhausen’s films. The plot follows Jason on his adventure to get a Golden Fleece which he feels will…
July 6, 2014