Whatever Happened to QuickTime III like to keep an eye on some of the media developer lists out there, and today I came across a fascinating discussion that could basically serve as the sequel to the article I wrote, this time last year, for Streaming Media, detailing the woes of developers who have watched Apple… Continue reading

Great interview with Vatican Astronomer, Brother Guy Consolmagno.

Oh, boy. Jeff Shallit is not happy with Joseph Epstein.

A truly marvelous actor, Frank Langella, was on Broadway 30 years ago with the revival of Dracula, featuring a superb set design by the late Edward Gorey–and I was lucky to see it. Now Langella is back playing Sir Thomas More in the revival of Man for All Seasons.

Early Earth as Hell. Or not. Geologists now almost universally agree that by 4.2 billion years ago, the Earth was a pretty placid place, with both land and oceans. Instead of hellishly hot, it may have frozen over. Because the young Sun put out 30 percent less energy than it does today, temperatures on Earth… Continue reading