Category Archives: Entertainment

Dollhouse survives to season 2!

Posted on May 16, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Tonight the wife and I finally got around to watching the season finale of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse, which we had DVR’ed while out on the honeymoon.  It was actually a quite nice episode, and introduced a few nice twists I … Continue reading →

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Optics in the Haunted Mansion!

Posted on May 12, 2009 by skullsinthestars

During our visit to Walt Disney World, the new wife and I made sure to hit all the classic rides in the Magic Kingdom: Pirates of the Carribean, The Tiki Room, The Haunted Mansion, even It’s a Small World (though, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Optics | 18 Comments

Terminator and Dollhouse: excellent, again

Posted on April 10, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Just a short note: I’ve been rather preoccupied with classes and other academic responsibilities and haven’t had much time to work on detailed physics blog posts.  This will hopefully change this week, as I’ve got a few ideas in the … Continue reading →

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OpenLab 2009 submissions open…

Posted on March 24, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I keep forgetting to note this, but submissions for The Open Laboratory 2009 are now being accepted and can be nominated at this link: The Open Laboratory is a printed collection of the ‘best’ science blog writing of the year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, General science | 9 Comments

Terminator and Dollhouse surprised me tonight…

Posted on March 20, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I just finished watching Terminator and Dollhouse and just felt compelled to write a short comment.  Both shows were really good tonight, in their own way. Terminator resolved a number of huge plot threads and the same time it opened … Continue reading →

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Relive the history of The Oregon Trail… the game!

Posted on March 12, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I’m currently mulling over my next science blog post, which will hopefully be out soon.  In the meantime, I had to point out this wonderful discovery via StumbleUpon:  an Apple II emulator which allows one to play the classic educational … Continue reading →

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SOS: Save Our (favorite) Shows!

Posted on March 3, 2009 by skullsinthestars

The fiancée pointed out to me today that one of our new favorite shows, Life on Mars, will not be surviving to season 2.  This is a real shame; though it was a remake of a classic UK show, we’d … Continue reading →

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Adventures in iRiff-ery!

Posted on February 26, 2009 by skullsinthestars

I’ve been a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for years.   If you’re not familiar, the show consisted of a human host and two wisecracking (puppet) robots ridiculing bad science fiction, fantasy, and horror films, and was generally a … Continue reading →

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E is for Edward, who birthday was today…

Posted on February 22, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Via The Greenbelt, I see that today was the birthday of macabre artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), who produced such bizarre and twisted classics such as The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Curious Sofa.  It is an interesting coincidence since I just … Continue reading →

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Upcoming horror game: The Path

Posted on February 10, 2009 by skullsinthestars

Via StumbleUpon, I came across the website for a short horror game which will be released in March or April 2009:  The Path.  Produced by a small independent game company called Tale of Tales (and I mean small: two programmers), … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Horror | 4 Comments