“Afronauts” by Spanish photographer Cristina De Middel is a fictional photo essay inspired by the true story of Zambian school teacher and eccentric Edward Makuka Nkoloso, who started an unofficial amateur space program in his home country in 1964, during the height of the Space Race.
We’ve seen a couple set photos of Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek 2, but it hasn’t been entirely clear who he’s actually playing. Now the rumor mill has started churning with the rumor that Cumberbatch will be playing…
Apple has already taken a commanding lead in ebooks, digital magazines and digital textbooks. Google and Amazon have a loose relationship, with each charging forward into the front lines of e-reader technology and now Microsoft has made a huge $600 million investment into B&N’s Nook reader as an investment into incorporating Nook services into Microsoft services.
Thanks to an anon for pointing this out— I was going to get to it a bit later, but what the hell. Yes, the official website for The Dark Knight Rises changed today, with an interactive criminal file and arrest warrant for the lawless vigilante known as “The Batman”.
After a bit of a winter hibernation, Occupy Wall Street is coming back, and if their plan goes according to plan, they’ll be coming back in a big way. The idea is that the OWS protests will return tomorrow, May 1st, with enough manpower and “99% strikes” to completely shut down the heart of New York City.
Right now, Amazon is a great place to shop because it’s got a huge selection of literally everything, great prices, fast shipping and no state sales tax. For now. Quite a few US states either have plans already in place or are trying to push through plans to start charging sales tax specifically for Amazon purchases. Yay still no Amazon sales tax in NC!
“She walked into her bedroom. She said her money was in her dresser drawer and she opened it and reached inside and removed a “clear, rigid feminine pleasure device” and held it over her head and approached the officer in a threatening manner.”
Get used to it. Backwards compatibility is a thing of the past, but Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will be more than happy to resell you your old games digitally.
I don’t know personally… I like anime, but there’s so much of it I end up waiting for recommendations.
It seems that Mad Max 4: Fury Road has been in and out of development limbo for forever now, so it’s nice to hear any news at all about the movie. Director George Miller has been pursuing the project for 10 years and it doesn’t look much closer to filming, but there is a new actress on board— Australian super model Abbey Lee Kershaw.
