Category Archives: Nerdin’
From the intro to “Ender’s Game”
In discussing writing science fiction, In other genres, that desire is usually expressed by producing thinly veiled rewrites of the great work: Tolkien’s disciples far too often simply rewrite Tolkien, for example. In science fiction, however, the whole point is … Continue reading
Star Trek control panels around the corner?
From MacRumors.com: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, … Continue reading
I’m not the only one who Googled this
In Dan Brown’s new book, “The Lost Symbol”, the science of weighing a human soul is discussed. In 1907, Dr. Duncan MacDougall found a bunch of people who were about to die and weighed them as they expired. MacDougall claimed … Continue reading
So I saw District 9…
And well, I think I’m disappointed. For parts of the movie, I thought I was watching Halo. (the props were reused). Before I make another judgment though, I’m going to hold off comment and watch it again. On DVD.
A game worthy of you
If you haven’t heard by now, BioWare, the software company behind the best selling KOTOR series of games, is producing a Star Wars themed MMO. Star Wars: The Old Republic The write staff behind the Total Nerd supports SWTOR Junkies, … Continue reading
More on the Shatner war…
The Bloggess‘ war on William Shatner continues. Here is an image of the tweets supporting her cause. Could William Shatner be the next Chuck Norris?
NASA is broke; can we fix it?
In this Reuters Article, a recent NASA panel has concluded that they (NASA) will not be ble to put a man on the moon by 2020. Somewhere, sometime, somebody proposed this date. I don’t even know who did. That in … Continue reading
An Essay for Programming Students
Have you ever wanted to delv into the fabulous world of computer programming? Do you desire the chance to write 1,000 lines of code with the hopes of one day never working again and being surrounded by beautiful women? This … Continue reading
This chick is weird, but she has the Shat!
It never ceases to amaze me how *little* of the internet I actually know. In my daily foraging, I came across this gem of a blog: The Bloggess. Comming across a find like this is awesome for one thing, but … Continue reading