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Your phone could become a digital wallet.
The self-published e-book “Wool” has garnered enough of a following that the movie studios have become interested.
George Lucas does something very cool, for the first time in a while.
Find out how you can watch SpaceX’s launch to the International Space Station on May 19 (Of course, two cosmonauts and one astronaut are en route soon).
Guess what the world oldest known cave art appears to represent?
A meteor miss of a populated planet, a teen lesbian jock in a comic shop, a crazed killer in a Barbie world, the effects of a murder, and more, follow:
The reviews thus far of Tim Burton’s spoofy Dark Shadows remake have been less than sunny, so for weekend review, we’re looking back to the first Dark Shadows film. House of Dark Shadows, cast into theatres in 1970 when the original Gothic soap opera was still running, takes the show’s most memorable storyline, and retells it without having to worry about the next season.
The fans of the show loved it. Does it hold up now?
The Japanese think we need a witty, trilingual vacuum cleaner
In a what NASA calls an historic achievement, astronomers have detected the light emanating from an extrasolar world.
Wednesday May 9, Buzz Aldrin will announce the winner of the Space Race 2012 contest, the lucky person who will make a suborbital flight with Armadillo Airspace. Lauren Furgason of Seattle, Sara Cook of Washington, D.C., and Gregory Schneider of Tucson, Arizona are the final three contestants from an original roster of 50,000+.
Video of this below, plus a superheroic endorsement (with an appearance by a Bureau-crat), and yet another unique Youtube take on The Avengers:
Known the world over for his picture books and art, Maurice Sendak was an influence to children born from 1960 and onward. His most famous work, “Where the Wild Things Are” won Caldecott Award (considered the Pulitzer Prize for children’s books). In later years, he moved from books to designing theater sets.
On a personal note, his work is what got me into the fantastical as a child and taught me how much fun books could be. For that, I will be eternally grateful.
SpaceX once again has delayed its first launch to the International Space Station. The new date is May 19.
Made in Space: the European Space Agency wants people to be aware of how many developments and products have origins in a healthy space program.
The Loch Ness Monster—or a reasonable facsimile– has been ordered to leave the Chippewa River in Wisconsin.
And below, a video glimpse of Free Comic Book Day, 2012 at my LCS, featuring Andrew Murray’s homemade replica of the 1966 Batmobile:
Abbreviated review: go see the movie, and stay for both the mid-credits scene and the post-credits scene.