—Technovelgy: Inventions from Science Fiction Novels and Books There’s no good blurb on this site, but it features news of technological advances that have been predicted in science-fiction. For instance, here’s the listing of real inventions first mentioned in Fahrenheit 451. Pretty cool.
[O]n Feb. 20, 1954 — President Dwight Eisenhower interrupted his vacation in Palm Springs, Calif., to make a secret nocturnal trip to a nearby Air Force base to meet two extraterrestrial aliens. Or maybe not. Maybe Ike just went to the dentist. There’s some dispute about this. —Peter Carlson —Ike and the alien ambassadors (M$ NBC)…
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Leadholder can be broadly defined as any durable instrument that is designed to hold and be refillable with consumable pieces of graphite so that the graphite can be conveniently used for drawing or writing. Within this definition there are subsets such as porte-crayons, mechanical pencils, and drafting leadholders. This website is primarily concerned with drafting…
All of this carrying on is fine, but if Spike really wants shows men like to watch, they’ve missed a few great concepts. Here are ten new programs that appeal to real men: The Explosion Show – Every week, the hosts fill some interesting object with black powder and then, well, you get the idea……
A 40-plus-year-old A-list actor pondering whether or not to appear in a game? Heck, even Roger Moore would have been loathe to actively participate in what was once the perceived domain of momma’s boys. “Traditionally, Hollywood signed away rights without any expertise or any idea of the plot lines,” said industry analyst P.J. McNealy. Several…