Category: All Things Geek

The Story Collider podcast has become a deeply integrated into my psyche, and my life. I stumbled  upon the series via Radiolab. On my commute today, I listened to Sara Peters and Peter Aguero’s story about Sara’s epilepsy.  This was very well done: by the end I felt connected to them.

So, I highly recommend you spend a few minutes of your life watching the video below (the podcast was recorded at TedMed 2013, so, thus, you get video). Your life will be the better for it.

(It wouldn’t be a bad idea to subscribe to Story Collider, too. Just sayin’.) 

I don’t watch network TV much anymore, so missed this.

Thank goodness for the YouTube.

Enjoy your mind-growth moment of the day.

What I did this weekend. The Seattle Science Festival is a great way to get kids excited about Science. Yet it is way more.

Interesting that today brought me not one, but two Star Wars items.

1. I came across David Brin’s collections of essays putting Star Wars…well, George Lucas…on trial: Star Wars On Trial. I feel some weakening of my geek-cred since I’ve never even heard of this collection.
2. My friends over at Geekwire posted this piece about the upcoming Kinect Star Wars game. This will certainly be an affront to the Star Wars faithful. Perhaps if you liked Jar-Jar, you’ll be ok with this.

I’d never considered the controversy around Star Wars. Ok, I’ve heard the debates about the prequels, and then the whole Shatner incident. Maybe you have. Let me know. Otherwise, just another weird, drippy day here in the great Puget Sound basin.

The folks over at Galatic Binder posted this awesome little table. Quite the piece of work, methinks. Were I a wealthier man, this would be on my “must have” list. It looks like it’s made of bronze, so I’d hate to need to move the thing.

Piled Higher & Deeper comics created a great animation to go along with an interview with Jonathan Feng. A fun look at where we in the realm of physics research. If you’re a physics geek, though, you’ll be a bit bored as it’s very high-level. But the animations that go with this are still worth watching.

Dark Matters from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

We went to the Pacific Science Center’s member’s preview for theirStar Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination production. As a (nearly) life-long Star Wars fan, it was a delight to be part of. Many other geeks my age were there; I’m pretty sure there were more adults than kids. The official show starts today, and I expect the attendance to be more balanced.

My, how the style of the franchise has changed.

Geek Boat, originally uploaded by carl.setzer.

Found this fellow at the Edmonds marina (WA). Wonder if I’ll find them at
the upcoming comic-con?

Discovery News : Discovery Channel:

Exciting stuff for geeks like me. I’m reminded of the dreams of my boyhood, envisioning other worlds, imagining seeing the solar system up close. Silly, perhaps, but there it is.