It seems that prequels are the new rage when it comes to sci-fi on TV.  Here is the most recent trailer for Stargate: Origins (no...nothing to do with the Book of Origin and the Ori). It seems interesting, and hopefully it goes beyond to 10-12 mini episodes (10 minutes each) that it is originally planned to run.  I still want them to do a post Universe show (maybe even go back to the

Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael Wolff My rating: 4 of 5 stars By the grace of covfefe! I am done! Well...this was an interesting book to read. Yes, it probably lacks the regular fixin's of a biography, but it was quite enlightening to get an inside look at the cast of characters in the current presidency. If you are familiar with Star Trek's mirror universe...the

Να και ο κουτσοφλέβαρος... Καλό μας μήνα λοιπόν! Εύχομαι να μας φέρει καλά μαντάτα για το dissertation proposal που έδωσα στην καθηγητριά μου πριν δύο μέρες... Καλή τύχη, καλά μυαλά!

But...then they might end up like Shinzon...do you want to deal with Shinzon? ;-) (original archive here)

Con Mans Spectrum #0 by Alan Tudyk My rating: 4 of 5 stars Interesting comic which sets up the firefly-like universe of ConMan's fictional universe. Too bad that the story doesn't seem to progress past issue 1 (maybe do a spin-off? ;-) ) Maybe I should check out issue 1 on Amazon.  Con Man is (was?) one of those crowdfunded  mini series (now on the comicon channel on Amazon)

A little Monday morning humor from the Nerdist (on account of the Tarantino Trek rumors)

I suppose that's a fair jab - "the forehead of the week" :-) (original archive here)

The Secret History of Star Wars by Michael Kaminski My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was an interesting book to read. I am much more of a Star Trek person than a Star Wars person, but it was interesting to see how the sausage was made. The key question that came to mind as I was listening to all the revisionist history of this franchise is this: Who really owns (in an intellectual non-commercial

To Mooc or Not to Mooc: How Can Online Learning Help to Build the Future of Higher Education? by Sarah Porter My rating: 2 of 5 stars I've gone back and forth deciding whether to give this book 2 stars or 1 star. The book wasn't awful, but it was really not all that great. It is a very high level view of MOOCs, written partly as use-cases, and the audience tends to be university

Part II of the Splinter Cell fan film was released this past week with 20 minutes more of the prequel story. It was an interesting video to watch (and now I'm waiting for Part III which I assume wraps up the story), but some of the dialogue seemed to be a little odd for the character of Sam Fisher and it sounded a little more like a generic action hero. Perhaps we can write it off as this being