Monthly Archives: February 2006

The Oddest Title of the Year

Vote for the oddest book title of the past year in this amusing poll.

Bookseller.com
A poll of interest

Yahoo Busts Chinese For China

I was reading the newspaper this morning and a rather depressing bit of news was lying in there. According to a report from Reporters Without Borders, yahoo, the big bad internet company, aided the Chinese Government in busting a Chinese reporter named Shi Tao, who will now be sentenced to 10 years in prison. This is of course of no surprise who already knew Yahoo has been doing this for years, as they collude with the Chinese government to keep a "better" watch on their citizens. Sigh….

The Article in Question

Lost Manuscripts of The Royal Society

Ever wonder what science dorks were up to in 17th Century? Now is your chance to check out new found transcripts of the Royal Society, found in a cupboard no less.

Bookninja
original poster of the article
The Article About it
From the Guardian, a UK newspaper

2006-02-03-Hi-Sci-Fi

Lakweesha is back but flying solo….

CJSF 90.1 FM
out broadcaster

2006-02-03-Hi-Sci-Fi

Attack of the Fanboys

A bunch of talent are signing on for a movie that will tell the story of a bunch of star wars dorks. It sounds interesting, and hopefully they can finally produce a quality North American answer to Densha Otoko, Genshiken, and the infamous Otaku No Video. Let’ just hope George Lucas does not decide to "write" for it.

FANBOYS!!
the story on the scifi.com newswire

The Hi-Tech Infants

Yes, yet again, parents can get lazier with this self rocking baby thingamajig. Say hello to the maglev cradle

Maglev Cradle
News item on scifi.com's tech blog

Copyright Law For Modern Visual Artists

A couple of Duke Law peoples have come together and through their collective Duke brilliance they have devised, written, and published a comic book that discusses the ins and outs of copyright for film makers. I wonder if this will be an ongoing series to rival X-men….

Herald Sun
Link to the news story
Bookninja
Where the story was also posted

A Review of Us!

One of our biggest internet fans has a nice review posted about our show up on the web. Thanks for the review Kym and happy listening!

Kym Taborn's Site
Scroll Down to Podcast Mania and Check the review

Japanese Spiderman!!

It has mecha and it has spiderman and it has cheese!

Japanese Spiderman