‘Babylon 5’ Reboot in Development at The CW From Original Series Creator J. Michael Straczynski

3 years ago

The Variety story breaking this news doesn't cite a source, and gives no further news beyond what I've quoted here.…

“Your resume is not about you:” Insights from a journalism hiring manager on how to succeed in applying for internships and jobs

3 years ago

Your resume is not about you. It’s about ME, the hiring manager. If I move your resume through the stack,…

Appreciating the production values and so-stupid-it-might-be-brilliant comedy in Avatar: The Last Airbender

3 years ago

The daughter is showing my wife and me “Avatar: The Last Airbender.” It’s not easy to find a time when…

“We hate math,” says 4 in 10 – a majority of Americans

3 years ago

If 30% love math, and 30% are neutral about math, then the 40% that hate it could be the largest…

That time three-year-old me spotted a Mary Cassatt painting at the Art Institute of Chicago

3 years ago

My mother had a framed print of Mary Cassatt's "The Child's Bath" in our home. When I was about three,…

Blinking Tube Sci-Fi Prop Compilation

3 years ago

This compilation is a work of beauty. I’ve been aware of this prop since the early 80s, but I didn’t…

Students who grew up with search engines might change STEM education forever

3 years ago

The headline is oddly STEM-specific, but yes, it used to be that if you worked with computers at all, you…

I’m not a big fan of Disney’s corporate greed.

3 years ago

I'm not a huge fan of Disney, largely because as a grad student in the 1990s, I chose the 1920-1950…

How to lie with charts, by the @NYTimes

3 years ago

I tend to defend journalism when showboaters & slogan-quoters attack "the media" in general, but I'm eager to read legitimate…

Reuben Klamer, designer of Trek’s “phaser rifle” and Milton-Bradley’s “The Game Of Life” dead at 99

3 years ago

Although more modern-looking rifles appeared as props in ST:The Next Generation and later iterations, the iconic phaser rifle only appeared…