Since Threshold was canceled, I’ve become an avid watcher of Invasion. I was a big fan of Sean Cassidy’s other project, American Gothic, and this show has a lot of similarities. But that’s not what I’ve come here to talk about. Yesterday, I read in the news about the last male purebred Columbia Basin pygmy […]
Contest Can Encourage their Interest in Space. ZG Aerospace, a company dedicated to making space exploration available for all, is offering students in grades K-12 the opportunity to send a school science project into space. Entries for the ‘Space Project Contest’ must be received by June 15, 2006. The top 3 entrants will have their […]
Tire maker Pirelli has produced a cool 10-minute horror film called “The Call.†Starring John Malkovich and Naomi Campbell, it is about a priest called in to exorcize a possessed car. Now, I’m sure the purpose of this little movie, which is quite beautiful to watch although the ending is just corny and weird, is […]
This week, May 1-7, is International Astronomy Week and tomorrow, May 6, 2006, is International Astronomy Day. Events to celebrate the occasion are happening throughout the world. For a list of events in the U.S. sponsored by Astronomy Magazine and Meade 4M, go to www.astronomy.com/asy/default.aspx?c=ps&id=80. For a list of events by U.S. state and by […]
Once upon a time, a man named Tim Burton wrote a story about a boy who was part oyster. Now, the Inbal Pinto Dance Company has brought Burton’s unique Ed Gory-esque tale to the stage. If you happen to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you might want to check it out. Described by […]
We’re barely there and already a designer is planning for fashion forward space tourists! Last month marked the deadline for a unique fashion design competition: the Hyper Space Couture Design Contest. Entrants designed “Microgravity Wear for the First Generation of Space Tourism.” The designer behind this competition is Eri Matsui, a fashion designer from Japan […]
Next Wednesday, the Princeton Astrobiology Club is sponsoring a free public event where you, as well as Princeton students and faculty, can discuss with space professionals NASA’s new initiative to fly to the Moon and Mars in the coming decades. Harrison Schmitt, a geologist who logged 22 hours on the moon as the Apollo 17 […]
After the success of the stage version of his 1968 movie The Producers, Mel Brooks hopes to strike gold again by adapting his 1974 film Young Frankenstein for the musical theatre. What the hey? It already had one musical number — the monster performing “Puttin’ on the Ritz” — why not more? “Whether it comes […]
Whew! This week has been a bear. I haven’t been getting enough sleep so I haven’t been able to write posts for this blog. Did you miss me? 😉 Horror Genre Gets Its Own Video on Demand Network Comcast and Sony Pictures Entertainment announced recently that they plan to launch a video-on-demand (VOD) network featuring […]
People Staff of Nagoya, Japan, wants Hello Kitty to greet visitors when they come into an office. Well, at least a robot receptionist modeled after the popular icon. In February of this year, they launched Robot Dispatch, where Japanese companies can rent an electronic receptionist in the shape of characters such as Hello Kitty for […]