February 2010

Squee! The incredible (and incredibly short-lived) cult TV series Max Headroom will finally be released on DVD this coming August!

"Max Headroom" starred Matt Frewer as a reporter whose mind is downloaded into a computer to create a virtual clone who exists in the digital world. Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor and W. Morgan Sheppard also star in the series, which ran for 14 episodes on Cinemax and ABC in 1987 and 1988. Set in the near future, "Max Headroom" depicted a world of television run amok.

The theme everyone remembers and loves:

And the first ten minutes of the pilot:

(via io9)

Who knew? Noted illustrator Edward Gorey was a huge Star Trek fan. Shaenon Garrity has given us a glimpse of what the show might have looked like through Gorey's eyes.

(via Neatorama)

Get this limited run poster of Carl Sagan, made up of smaller portraits of hundreds of scientists past and present, from Crispian Jago. Better hurry — orders are being taken only until March 8th.

The children in Makaio Tisu's short film Papierkrieg are speaking German, but it's perfectly clear what they're saying…

(via Neatorama)

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Jedi knights from across the galaxy descended on the sleepy town of Bristol, on a small and unimportant planet called Earth. What happened next was the stuff of legend…

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Neatorama proclaims this the "Greatest Possible Food", and I must agree. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Taco Bell Cheesy Double Beef Burrito Stuffed Sausage Log Wrapped in Bacon. Click the photo to see this culinary masterpiece in all its meaty glory.

Dr. Megan Argo of the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy is not only an accomplished astronomer, but also a stone cold Doctor Who fan. She combines the two in a fun and cosmically educational foray into Whovian fan fiction entitled Doctor Who and the Silver Spiral:

Far across the universe, something big was about to happen. The explosion would outshine an entire galaxy and be visible billions of kilometres away. Its light would travel across the universe for millions of years but, aside from a few astronomers, it would go unnoticed on the Earth.

With a grating, wheezing noise, a small blue box flickered into existence.

"So, where are we?"

"Have a look…" the Doctor replied, tapping a control, "but… don't step outside."

The door of the TARDIS clicked open, and Martha gave him a quizzical look. "Why, what's out there?"

"Take a look" he said, a lopsided grin on his face.

Gingerly, she pulled open the door of the police box and looked out.

"Oh my God," exclaimed Martha. "Is that real?"

Go read the rest…

(via: io9)

The collected works of legendary magician Harry Houdini are now available online, courtesy of Google Books.

(via Boing Boing)

Geeks want to know everything there is to know about their chosen field of expertise. Here's a handy list of things that technology geeks should know.

Any competent geek can defrag a hard drive — but what about your own mind? Learn How To Defrag Your Mind In 5 Easy Steps.