Seanan McGuire: Songbook It’s a strange four-color love; it’s a comic book romance. Two ordinary people picked by fate or circumstance To be superheroes fighting for the world, bound by great responsibility... But is there time between apocalypses to play out boy meets girl? I think there is -- if you agree, then why don’t you come home with me? I can call you ‘Tiger’, you can call me Mary Jane, Take me swinging from the rooftops, kiss me gently in the rain, And if I ever call you ‘Clark’, well, you can call me Lois Lane, And you can keep the mask on if it helps you sleep at night. You can know my code name, I can meet you on the sly; I can be your new arch-rival, keep dramatic tensions high, And when the working day is done, then you can meet me in the sky.
The Internet Hates The New YouTube Comment System (via Getty Image) We all knew it was coming, we even talked about it a few months back. So why are people all up in arms about Google’s change in the YouTube commenting system? The response to the much heralded change has been fiery, rousing the ire of Reddit and other users who feel they’re being forced into adopting Google+, a platform they have no interest in using either publicly or privately. Users are flooding YouTube’s official channel with complaints in the comments (the sweet irony of it all) and even Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube, is weighing in against Google’s commenting shift. The change hasn’t been well received by everyone, including one of the original creators of YouTube. As herculean writer and part-time prognosticator Dan Seitz wrote back in September, this action is a flawed step in a positive direction. But what has a lot of users crying foul is the required integration of Google+ into the YouTube experience. Via Tech Crunch/ Emma Blackery /Jawed
19 Awesomely Designed Books From 2013 That Prove Print Isn’t Dead Video reveals how to heat your home using just TEALIGHTS and FLOWERPOTS - and it costs just 8p a day YouTube user Dylan Winter created the DIY heater for his boat and officeHe used tealights that cost £1 for a pack of 100 plus two basic ceramic potsThe process uses the theory of convection heat transfer to warm a roomTealights burn for around four hours in the morning and afternoon By Victoria Woollaston Published: 12:46 GMT, 8 November 2013 | Updated: 17:27 GMT, 22 November 2013 Rising energy bills are a political hot topic at the moment but one YouTube user has devised a way of heating a room for just 8p a day. Journalist and boat owner Dylan Winter created his DIY heater using tealights placed inside a bread tin and covered with two ceramic flowerpots. The system uses the scientific principles of convection heat transfer and Winter claims it can heat his home for around eight hours a day. In the video, the tealights are put inside a bread loaf tin and covered with a small upside-down flowerpot. The larger flowerpot is then placed on top of the smaller one, and its hole is left uncovered.
Steven Gould This article is about Steven Gould the science fiction writer. For the paleontologist and science writer, see Stephen Jay Gould. Biography[edit] Steven Charles Gould was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona on February 7, 1955 to James Alan and Carita Louise Gould.[1] His father was an Army officer; when Gould was in junior high his father was stationed at Fort Shafter in Hawaii for three years. Gould attended Texas A&M University and has set much of his writing in Texas. Gould submitted the first short story he wrote to Analog; it was rejected with a personal note from then-editor Ben Bova, who encouraged Gould to let him see his future work. Gould was director of the south/central region of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America from 1986–1989. Gould practices and teaches aikido, which was featured in his recent book, 7th Sigma. Writing workshops[edit] Gould has been an instructor at the annual one-week speculative fiction workshop Viable Paradise since 2000.[7] Bibliography[edit]
Watch This White Supremacist Find Out He's Part Black (VIDEO) Remember when James Watson, one of the guys credited with discovering the molecular structure of DNA, said a bunch of racist stuff about blacks being less intelligent, then his own DNA revealed he was 16% black? The schadenfreude was glorious, and Rosalind Franklin must have enjoyed a hearty belly laugh in heaven. In a scene right out of a Clayton Bigsby sketch on Chappelle’s Show, another proudly-racist jackhole has learned he’s not completely white. On The Trisha Show, Craig Cobb agreed to take the DNA test as part of a panel with author Shahrazad Ali. On an episode of The Trisha Show airing next Monday on NBC, host Trisha Goddard reads Cobb’s DNA profile: 86% European, 14% Sub Saharan African. Speaking to MailOnline Cobb said: ‘I agreed to the test because I assumed it was science.’ I can’t even imagine the mental gymnastics this douchewaffle is doing to resolve his cognitive dissonance. So good. (Via MailOnline and Buzzfeed) I want more like this!
US intercepted Russian cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov's final words of rage By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 20:00 GMT, 20 March 2011 The final words of doomed Russian cosmonaut, Vladimir Komarov, were picked up by U.S. intelligence, according to a new book. As Komarov hurtled towards earth and certain death in the stricken Soyuz 1 craft, he could be heard screaming and cursing the 'people who had put him inside a botched spaceship.' U.S. National Security Analyst, identified in the book as Perry Fellwock, described intercepting Komarov's conversation with ground control officers in which he told them he knew he was about to die during the space mission in 1967. Colleagues: Soviet space hero, Yuri Gagarin, left, and doomed cosmonaut, Vladimir Komarov, were assigned the doomed 1967 mission together Fellwock was also privy to a conversation between Komarov and former premier Alexei Kosygin from the U.S. listening post in Turkey. Kosygin can be heard crying and telling Komarov he is a hero, Fellwock reported. Launch day arrived on April 23, 1967.
Breaking Bad spin-off could be a mix of prequel and sequel AMC is keener than an especially keen jar of Colman's to make Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul happen, but the finer details are still very much a work in progress, it appears. Speaking to IGN this week, the actor behind Saul Goodman, Bob Odenkirk, confirmed that "the writers are starting up in two or three weeks", but as yet, he doesn't know what they'll be writing: "I don’t know what [writers Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould] are going to do. I know they’ve talked about prequel, but they’ve also talked to me about sequel, and they’ve also talked to me about a mix of prequel and sequel." Odenkirk also denied rumours that the series would be predominantly a comedy vehicle, saying "I don't think that's what it's going to be. As for whether we can expect to see Bryan Cranston and others from the Breaking Bad universe pop up in the series, Odenkirk is clear that "I told Peter and Vince, right away I said, ‘Look man, let us make this fresh for everyone.’
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