Shiny Bits of Foil

I’ve decided to start teaching myself Python using this fun little book, Invent Your Own Computer Games With Python. So far, I’ve managed to “Hello world!” myself, ask myself for my name and then get a cheery name-customized response. Clearly, it is only a matter of days before I’m ready to conquer the world with my legions of flying shark commandos with head-mounted laser cannons.  You’ve been warned.

Organize your tabs into easy-to-read-and-navigate groups? Oh yeah. I’m so there.

An Introduction to Firefox’s Tab Candy from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.

Visit Urgent Evoke

Urgent Evoke is a, well, it’s hard to explain. It’s part ARG (alternate reality game) where you read comic-book storyboarded missions and play along by taking on quests and completing missions. It’s also part online social community, where you make friends and engage in discussions. And it’s an experiment in social engineering and innovation, bringing the power of crowdsourcing to answer the Big Problems like poverty, hunger, violence and so on.

Also, it’s a lot of fun. If you’re interested in being a social innovator – or just playing secret agent while you save the world – you just might want to check it out.

This is too incredible to pass up: Captain Picard and Doctor Who team up to play Hamlet in modern dress. It’s like something a really good holodeck programmer dreamed up. A holodeck programmer who’s getting a serious raise, if I have anything to say about it.

You can watch Sir Patrick Stewart and David Tennant together in Hamlet on PBS’ Great Performances on April 28th at 8pm ET, after which it will be available for viewing on the site.

Dude. This is totally going to be a classically-acted singularity of geekosity. Don’t be surprised if it actually warps space and time into a giant flaming ball of awesomeness for miles around.

This is awesome!

Check out the over 1000 free educational videos from Salman Khan on everything from science to economy to history and back again. And they have a YouTube channel for easy keeping up with.

Imma chargin’ my brain lazersssss….

There are two things in the article on the new hawt steampunky TARDIS that I wrote about earlier really resonated with me:

Writer Steve Moffat calls the new timeship “a brilliant shambles” and the fact that it’s a mad, magical space.

That? I want that. Somehow, some way, I’m going to be bringing those words and the feelings behind them into my life somehow. Because I really, really want that.

Yes, I’m late to the show, but I’ve put off watching the series opener of the new Doctor for a week now out of fear that I’d hate it.

SQUEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!

OMG LOVE!!!!!

OMFGBBQ holy crap on a hot buttered biscuit a steampunk muthafrakkin’ TARDIS!

THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH CAPITAL LETTERS AND !!!!!!!!!!! TO EXPRESS MY GIRLISH GLEEEEEEE!!!!

*breathes*

Okay. Now, off to watch episode 2…

Seriously, this article should be required reading before you can vote, open a bank account or get your “I’m a grownup” certification.

Randomness As Meaning

Antimatter Supernova -The Biggest Bomb in the Cosmos

The entire star explodes.  No neutron star, no black hole, nothing left behind but an expanding cloud of newly radioactive material and empty space where once was the most massive item you can actually have without ripping space.

Read the article. It’s quick, it’s got a lot of science bang for the buck (literally), and it’s awesome in the Old Testament meaning of awesome.