Why “Terminator Vision” is Inaccurate Terminology

This is one of the possible results of congress enacting the Terminators as Secret Service Agents Act. The world could use fewer jerks.
I found this article on BBC today. Augmented Reality (AR) is a pretty sweet concept. The technology looks very cool, totally validating years of cyberpunk fiction. But there’s a problem [...]

On Rescuing Reporters and Accurate Language in Astronomy

I imagine the recent negotiations to have gone something like this. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I like to imagine that Uncle Bill threatened Kim Jong Il with a Roman spatha.
I for one am glad that Bill Clinton gets a little attention. He gets to be the goddamned hero [...]

Scientia Pro Publica #8

Scientia Pro Publica has a new edition out. One of my articles was accepted, which is totally cool.
This week’s edition was published by John over at A DC Birding Blog. There’s a very good lineup of articles in this edition and I hope that everyone can click on over and check it out.
The [...]

A Funny Thing About Harry Potter

Some years ago, I wrote a post on my old blog about Harry Potter and certain moral issues pertaining to it. At the time, I had primarily been lamenting the fact that these kids at Hogwarts never take an English class. I mean, they’re growing up to be illiterate wackos with the power [...]

Why Transformers 2 is not a terrible movie

Or: Roger Ebert takes himself too seriously.

On my old blog, I wrote an analysis of the original Transformers movie in light of memetic theory. It bore the title, “Do you really think we can trust the Decepticons?”
It was common in eighties action cartoons, like Transformers, to have an episode where the “good guys” and [...]