No, this isn’t a video by me. Chad Cloman passed along a very nice video where Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson of CERN explain, for those who don’t know, what the Higgs Boson does, and how it affects our view of the universe.
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Weekly Digital Disk Picks for July 10th, 2012
It’s another light week in the early summer theatrical rush.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for June 19th, 2012
This is a pretty poor week, although it does have the odd notoriety of boasting two entirely different films titled Project X.
Weekend (Video) Review – Prometheus
This week we’re taking a look at the prequel to Alien, written by the creator of Lost, and the Director of the film that started it all, Ridley Scott. The question is, is he bringing his Alien/Blade Runner A-Game, or does this venture into the territory of Robin Hood.
Edit: I have now included a text review. By popular demand, I will be providing no further video content to Bureau42.com.
Ray Bradbury passes away at the age of 91
Grand Master of SF Ray Bradbury passed away this morning in Los Angeles, at the age of 91. While Bradbury was best known for the frequently challenged and/or banned novel Fahrenheit 451, he was also known for being a prolific short story writer, with his story The Veldt being reading among many high school textbooks. In addition to Fahrenheit 451, the short story collection The Illustrated Man was adapted to an anthology film, and The Martian Chronicles was adapted to a television miniseries. Several stories where adapted to episodes of the radio series X Minus One and Dimension X, both of which can be found at Archive.org.
The staff of Bureau42.com would like to offer their condolences to Bradbury’s family. He will be missed.
Weekly Digital Disk Picks for June 5th, 2012
This is the first very good week in a long time.
Book Reviews – Leviathan Wakes & Among Others
I’ve now come to this week’s review (which was uploaded on Friday), where I give my thoughts on the two Hugo Award nominees for Best Novel that still had my interest, and the one which I’m interested in the most. Continue reading →
Thoughts on the Hugo Nominees for Best Professional Artist
Now that I’m almost caught up, this time I’m giving my thoughts on the Hugo Award nominees for Best Professional Artist… after I do a quick review of Need For Speed: The Run. Continue reading →
Book Review – The Quantum Thief
As I approach getting caught up, we come to my review of The Quantum Thief, one of the best SF novels of 2010 not to win any awards – and also one of the best Trans-humanist Post-Scarcity Heist Novels of all time. I also give my thoughts on the movie The Avengers. Continue reading →
Video Game Review – Rayman Origins
As I make my way through the backlog, I give my thoughts on Rayman: Origins – Ubisoft’s latest platformer. Also, I give my pick for who I’d like to win for the new Hugo Award category of Best Fancast. Continue reading →