That’s so cool, thank you. I never delved into Asimov before, but it’s sounds like I really should.

That’s a good point! SNW does have Pike cooking for some of his crew on occasion.

I want to know if sacrificing Yoshi for an extra jump to save Mario will be part of the conflict leading into the movie’s climax.

Never thought about it before, but is there science fiction with a premise where humans might someday forget how to cook because it’s no longer a part of the culture?

I didn’t know what to start, so I opened up The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester.

I’m not too sure what I’m in for, but the prologue on jaunting/personal teleportation is interesting.

It’d be a crying shame if the students were required to complete the school year with physical books and a notebook.

Fascinating.

Flexplay is a trademark for a discontinued DVD-compatible optical video disc format with a time-limited (usually 48-hour) playback. They are often described as "self-destructing”, although the disc merely turns black or dark red and does not physically disintegrate.

Wow, TIL. I can’t imagine if this ever made its way to audio CDs.

I don’t suppose you’ve heard of Full Metal Alchemist or Avatar the Last Airbender (technically not anime)? To me those are staple titles of the medium.

I primarily visit job sites with an iPad and stylus for plan reviews, but writing in a notebook communicates to the other person, in a tangible way, that you are present and participating the discussion.

Didn’t know about the YouTube stuff—thanks!

I just finished the first movie with the kids this last weekend and they absolutely loved it. They’ll be ecstatic to hear that there’s more coming down the pipe!

If it can’t provide an all-day battery at launch, I can’t imagine how this device will fare even two years into its product cycle.

Ooh that’s another good show! They’re both good in their own rights.

I’d be curious to know what the battery drain difference between native and third party apps might be. I mainly use the native reminders/weather/battery widgets, but I wouldn’t be able to tell that these have had any noticeable impact on my battery life.

Who needs friends when we have each other, amirite? Right guys? …guys?

New Taskmaster series just dropped with Jason Mantzoukas for us plebs.

Maybe it’d be useful as a low powered interactive kiosk display? Price needs to come down tremendously before this thing becomes competitive.

My family used to put in hundreds of hours into Civilization 2 and once we were a little older we played Red Alert spending even more time building maps for ourselves to play. We could never figure out how to set up a LAN growing up, but it was a lot of fun all the same.

I can’t wait for the season to air!