News about your digital self: The wealthy will be able to download their consciousness into computers by 2050 – the not so well off by “2075 or 2080”, claims futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson, head of the Futurology unit at BT. Um, aren’t there some unspoken assumptions here? So it’s been proven that a. we know… Continue reading

Bummer. Another promising means of space travel bites the dust.

The Derb: I have given up reading emails about [Intelligent Design]. Same applies, btw, to emails about flying saucers, Martian canals, the hollow earth, Atlantis, telepathy, dianetics, unicorns, phrenology, astrology, orgonomy, alien abductions, Bridey Murphy, the location of Noah’s ark, the fate of the Marie Celeste’s crew, and whether or not the bishops of the… Continue reading

Time weighs in with it’s picks for the 100 best movies of all time….

Great news for writers who have been left high and dry by the retreat of once great short story markets like The Atlantic.