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Fanboy moment - Superman Returns
The first Superman Returns teaser trailer is now online. I literally got chills. They've used a variation on John Williams' Krypton Theme for background music, and some vintage Marlon Brando...
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 18, 2005, 8:01 AM PST
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Ransom TV - A new hope, or the death of the new?
Five months ago, I wrote that sci-fi tech will kill science fiction TV, basically arguing that since you can't put a product plug for Pepsi in an episode of Battlestar Galactica, combined with the...
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 17, 2005, 11:05 AM PST
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Looking for a few good books
I'm nearing the end of my epic struggle with Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross (no fault of the book, I just haven't made time to read). Since I still have time to make out Christmas lists, I was...
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 16, 2005, 10:00 AM PST
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Is COCOA bad for you, or best for Google?
As well-informed netizens, most of my readership is probably aware that Google wants to add the full text of books to their search indexes so that Web surfers can identify works using mere...
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 10, 2005, 10:40 AM PST
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This plot is patent-pending
Okay, I leave town for a few days and you folks let another pox against rational intellectual property law metastasize into the ideasphere: Some idiot wants to patent literary plots. Okay, let's...
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 7, 2005, 2:31 PM PST
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What is the ultimate Web site feature?
As I mentioned last week, TechRepublic is working on some secret site improvements. Some of you are already on the inside when it comes to many of these changes, but I thought I'd throw this out...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 31, 2005, 2:55 PM PST
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Awkwardness, thy name is High School Reunion
Yes, I've been blog posting infrequently (a trend that shall continue later this week when I take vacation). This irregularity, besides being due to absurd levels of laziness, is also more...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 31, 2005, 2:50 PM PST
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Hey technologists--Keep It Simple Stupid!
Wired magazine published an article yesterday outlining some of the expected technology trends for 2006 and beyond. What first caught my eye was this quote from British Telecom's staff futurist,...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 26, 2005, 7:51 AM PDT
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Why wikis aren't true open source
Ross Mayfield has a really interesting post at Many-2-Many, wherein he takes on the notion that the Wikipedia will only succeed if it installs the gated quality controls that govern open source...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 21, 2005, 10:29 AM PDT
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Disabused by the Wikipedia
The Register has posted an interview with Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales wherein the "uberpedian" admits that, as a general reference source, the Wikipedia is pretty unreliable. What's scary is...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 20, 2005, 8:37 AM PDT
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Let's try this Trivia thing another way
Whenever I post a list of potential Geek Trivia topics and ask my readership (all three of you) to guess which I'll choose, nobody musters up even a half-cocked quasi-ironic shot in the dark. I...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 20, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT
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I'm tired of telling you what I own!
The Social Software Weblog throws down the gauntlet on all the "list your stuff" sites that are cropping up, including LibraryThing and parts of CNET's own GameSpot: "I caught a glimpse of...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2005, 11:00 AM PDT
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Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
To reach new readers and respect your existing readers' time constraints, test your weblog against the following usability problemsThis post originally appeared on an external website
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2005, 9:46 AM PDT
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New Scientist Shock tactics to destroy torpedoes
THE US navy wants to protect its warships with a system that will destroy incoming torpedoes by firing massive underwater shock waves at them.This post originally appeared on an external website
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2005, 9:46 AM PDT
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Geek Trivia: Credits where credit is due
What real-life test pilot survived the crash shown in the opening credits of TV's "The Six Million Dollar Man"?This post originally appeared on an external website
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2005, 9:46 AM PDT
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Made-up words in The Simpsons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Simpsons TV show has coined some new words, phrases, portmanteaux, and abbreviations, popularized some existing words and phrases, and also used some existing words and phrases in new ways....
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 18, 2005, 9:46 AM PDT
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Want to tackle global warming? Start with heart disease.
David Roberts' suggested strategy to attack global warming by promoting cardiac health puts an interesting, and personal, spin on big, abstract issues.This post originally appeared on an external...
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 17, 2005, 5:46 PM PDT
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Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen
To reach new readers and respect your existing readers' time constraints, test your weblog against the following usability problemsThis post originally appeared on an external website
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 17, 2005, 5:46 PM PDT
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New Scientist - Found: the flying lizards' missing lift
Despite their size, pterosaurs were able to take off from a standing start, and now we know why.This post originally appeared on an external website
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 17, 2005, 5:46 PM PDT
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Made-up words in The Simpsons - Wikipedia
The Simpsons TV show has coined some new words, phrases, portmanteaux, and abbreviations, popularized some existing words and phrases, and also used some existing words and phrases in new ways....
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 17, 2005, 5:46 PM PDT
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The 11 Star Trek movies ranked worst to first
We've assembled a roll call of the worst episodes of every single Star Trek series. Now it's time to measure the worst and the best of Trek's silver screen adventures.
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 19, 2012, 1:17 PM PST | Latest comment by cmiller5400
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The five best Star Trek: Voyager episodes of all time!
Even Voyager haters have to concede the show flirted with greatness at times, as these five episodes ably demonstrate.
Posted by Jay Garmon | June 14, 2012, 11:23 AM PDT | Latest comment by Nytrydr
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The five best Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes of all time
Jay Garmon ranks the top five episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. See if your favorite TNG episode is on his list.
Posted by Jay Garmon | March 15, 2012, 9:05 AM PDT | Latest comment by swjslj@...
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The five best Deep Space Nine episodes of all time!
The five Deep Space Nine episodes that defied typical Star Trek boundaries and defined the franchise's most daring and unorthodox spinoff series.
Posted by Jay Garmon | May 17, 2012, 7:40 AM PDT | Latest comment by sniperlt@...
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The five worst Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes EVER!
Star Trek: The Next Generation is perhaps the pinnacle of the Trek franchise, which makes these five bottom-feeder episodes even more embarrassing.
Posted by Jay Garmon | September 23, 2011, 3:54 AM PDT | Latest comment by Slayer_
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The five worst Star Trek episodes of all time
More than a few of Kirk and Spock's original voyages were (ahem) less than stellar. We round out the bottom five for your reading...pleasure?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 26, 2011, 5:00 AM PDT | Latest comment by P.F. Bruns
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The five worst Star Trek: Voyager episodes EVER!
Voyager is rarely held up as the high point of the Trek franchise, but these five Delta Quadrant dumpster-fires are indisputably the lowest episodes of the low.
Posted by Jay Garmon | November 18, 2011, 6:23 AM PST | Latest comment by Rbrehm5912
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The five best Star Trek episodes EVER!
Behold the five greatest Star Trek episodes ranked fifth to first.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 17, 2012, 7:03 AM PST | Latest comment by NickNielsen
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75 words every sci-fi fan should know
Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know. But if you're going to learn obscure words and concepts, it may as well be terms you're...
Posted by Jay Garmon | January 14, 2008, 6:24 AM PST | Latest comment by ankits3a
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The five best Star Trek: Enterprise episodes of all time!
Say what you will about Enterprise, but these five episodes are worthy of the name "Star Trek."
Posted by Jay Garmon | July 12, 2012, 3:53 PM PDT | Latest comment by ffulton
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20 things that make Dr. Sheldon Cooper TV's biggest geek
What makes The Big Bang Theory's Dr. Sheldon Cooper so geeky? TechRepublic contributor Edmond Woychowsky shares his list of top 20 reasons.
Posted by Edmond Woychowsky | July 6, 2010, 4:05 PM PDT | Latest comment by wildcat375
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20 gift ideas for Star Wars fans
The LEGO Star Wars Death Star, the Jedi training manual, and a Yoda nutcracker are just three of the items featured in our Star Wars themed gift guide.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 28, 2011, 12:42 PM PST | Latest comment by zizzleshizzle
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The five worst Star Trek: Enterprise episodes EVER!
Enterprise is indisputably the least popular of the Star Trek TV series, but there's bad, and then there are these five continuity-confounding franchise-killers.
Posted by Jay Garmon | December 16, 2011, 8:12 AM PST | Latest comment by ydontugivemelotsofkiss
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The five worst Deep Space Nine episodes EVER!
The five most wormhole-sucking episodes in the history of Deep Space Nine, complete with unforgiving breakdowns.
Posted by Jay Garmon | October 21, 2011, 7:25 AM PDT | Latest comment by revelated
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The top 25 best-selling video games...EVER!
Some folks are hyping Halo 3 as potentially the most successful video game ever, but a quick look at sales figures past shows that to be extremely unlikely--especially considering how low Halo 2...
Posted by Jay Garmon | September 25, 2007, 12:28 PM PDT | Latest comment by Paul.Witting@...
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20+ gift ideas for Star Trek fans
Geekend contributor Wally Bahny selected Star Trek-themed items for men, women, and babies for this gift guide.
Posted by Wally Bahny | November 30, 2011, 7:59 AM PST
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Pic: The true story behind Pac-Man
Back before the days of cinematic cut scenes, tie-in novels and movie adaptations, video gamers had to presume much of the backstory for their beloved pixelated pastimes. Pac-Man, however, seemed...
Posted by Jay Garmon | May 22, 2008, 12:01 AM PDT
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The Geekend's fall 2012 sci-fi and fantasy TV preview
Which fall 2012 sci-fi/fantasy TV shows should earn time on your DVR hard drive, and which are unworthy of even Internet forum scorn?
Posted by Jay Garmon | August 9, 2012, 9:31 AM PDT | Latest comment by pgit
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Sci-fi rant: Why giant mecha robots are stupid
The next person who says "I can't wait until the Army develops real mecha" gets a boot to the head, because in real life, giant robots are actually really stupid. Here's why.
Posted by Jay Garmon | February 6, 2008, 8:42 AM PST | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto
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George R.R. Martin, please commit to a release date for book six
Fans of the "great bearded glacier's" A Song of Ice and Fire series and/or HBO's Game of Thrones will appreciate the Paul & Storm song "Write Like the Wind (George R.R. Martin)."
Posted by Nicole Bremer Nash | November 16, 2012, 8:10 AM PST | Latest comment by Dutchman61
