Star Trek

Use The Jefferies Tube: Why Star Trek Is Still Influencing Design and Our Future

08.30.2011 Art

On the wall beside my desk I’ve hung a framed sheet of paper from a three-ring binder. From a few feet away it looks like a piece of abstract art, but up close you can tell it’s a hand drawn design. It’s hand labeled “INT. DINING RM. 071″  and it has all of the signs [...]

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Writing Assignment: Count To Three

07.15.2011 writing

Three is a magic number. With three points you can define a plane. Three examples creates a series. Two is coincidence, but three is a pattern. For the writer, recognizing patterns and using them effectively is a critical skill. And three is the place to start. You can overuse series of three to the point [...]

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Writing Assignment: Plan Your Own Funeral

04.22.2011 Writing Assignments

Elvis has left the building. While death can be a dark and unpleasant subject, morbid even, it can also be a way to put a period on the sentence of your life.  You can do it somberly or you can have fun with it, replacing the period with an exclamation point. There are many scenarios [...]

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Living In A Sci-fi Future – Movies, TV, and the Theater

04.08.2010 Art

I loved Avatar. It was a hell of a lot of fun. But I’m not running out to buy a 3D TV. And I’m not going out to see every new 3D movie. I remember one of the worst movies I ever saw was also in 3D – The Treasure of the Four Crowns – [...]

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Off-Topic Friday: A Star Trek for Non-Star Trek Fans (OK, Fans, too)

11.13.2009 Movies

The new Star Trek movie is available on DVD (and Blu-Ray) starting November 17, 2009. If you didn’t see it in the theater, you should consider adding it to your list of things to see, even if you’re not a “Trekkie.” I am a Trekkie, and have been for over 40 years. And yes, at [...]

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