Though no official carrier has been announced yet, producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse of ABC's Lost are currently filming 20-minute "mobisodes" of the show in Hawaii. Called The Lost Video Diaries, the shows will feature two new characters with their respective backstories. Though the new characters won't be featured in the televised version of the show, there's already talk of poss

Boy, whoever wrote the Wikipedia entry for Theo de Raddt was spot on when they said "De Raadt is noted for his uncompromising and confrontational manner." So much so, in fact, that I think he can take the OS he founded and shove it.

A site for any space buff or self respecting astronomy geek to sip their morning coffee/tea/tang to, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day turns ten years old today. I've been using their image of Markarian's Chain of Galaxies tiled onto my workstation desktop for the past couple of months. Another favorite, though not "astronomy"

After many months waiting by the WordPress community and multitudes of others looking to convert to the popular blogging system, version 1.5 (dubbed "Strayhorn") has finally been released. Among the new features worth mentioning are multiple themes support, a better admin interface, static pages and additional plugin hooks. There are some helpful

In an interview with about.com, Nathan Fillion makes a clear indication that the entire cast of the upcoming 'Firefly' movie, 'Serenity', is signed on for two additional 'Firefly' movies, should the first one do well at the box office. "If this first movie does well.

Google now has the Google "Suggest" beta up for trial, which does auto-completion as you type. Pretty cool. Maybe this has been up for a while, I dunno.

"Twas the day before audit, and all through the net..."

According to Dark Horizons , the talk of a Quantum Leap movie has come up again. This time they're discussing a two-hour TV movie with the possibility of an ongoing series based on the movie's success. Cool!

According to Dark Horizons, Terminator 4 is moving forward, with filming expected to begin next year. No word yet on whether Ahnold will be making an apperance or not, but his role would be limited should he sign on. I wonder if aspects of the fanfic Terminator 3.5 script will be making it in.

According to Variety (RR) and Dark Horizons, Fox Searchlight is planning to remake the 1984 college comedy "Revenge of the Nerds," about a fraternity for socially awkward types, who exact revenge on the jocks who've repeatedly humiliated them. The movie is set to be "similar to the original," but does tha

Perhaps one step closer to something like a miniature Mr. Fusion, robotics experts at the University of the West of England in Bristol have created a robot that "digests" flies for power. This is actually not all that new -- the

It's time once again for all Sysadmins out there, as the 5th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day is upon us! Why not honor that special uptime-giver you love by giving them Christmas a little early, or better yet, enter them into the 2004 Sysadmin Pageant.

Sent off an email to my friend Robin (of Team Fortress fame) at Valve about the reported news regarding Half-Life 2. Here's the text of that message:

From Variety (RR): "With Sony apparently unable to construct a final offer for MGM, it's looking increasingly likely that Time Warner will swoop in and grab the prize. Bagging the Lion would give Time Warner a nice little bonus -- worldwide theatrical and television rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit." What a sweet addition to New Line's "The Lord of the Rings" franchise..."

Looking for something to get the gadget geek you love who has everything? They'll impress friends and wow others when they whip out there new folding bicycle out of their backpack. What they do with it next is anyone's guess.