Clintonian Economic Hall of Fame

Behold, Bill Clinton's economic team from the late 1990s, Robert Rubin, Alan Greenspan and Lawrence Summers, looking smug because they prevented an economic crisis.

MSNBC: ‘Clone Wars’ makes the Force matter again

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33510165/ns/entertainment-television/

Clone Wars’ makes the Force matter again
Cartoon Network’s top show an olive branch to ‘Star Wars’ loyalists
By Mike Avila
updated 8:44 a.m. ET, Fri., Oct . 30, 200

Time to Jedi Up.

“Star Trek” may have hogged the spotlight during its recent return from pop culture purgatory, but “Star Wars” is cooking up its own comeback. And a plucky Padawan and a couple of Clone Troopers are leading the way.

The revival of George Lucas’ space opera has been positively Sith-like in its stealth and cunning. It hasn’t even become a trending topic on Twitter yet.

Our species has produced too many good books

I was thinking about my long-term reading list, and whether or not I'm ever going to get through most of the books I want to read.

Just from my Amazon shopping list:

Politics of Experience
Sookie Stackhouse 8-copy Boxed Set (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan
Five Seasons of Angel: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Vampire (Smart Pop series)
Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Show (Smart Pop series)
A Mathematician's Apology (Canto)
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Outliers: The Story of Success
Civilization and Its Discontents
Capital : A Critique of Political Economy (Penguin Classics) (Volume 2)
Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
Harry Potter Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-7)
Starman Jones

Felicia Day talks Astronomy

Felicia Day talks Astronomy and Galaxy mergers in this video prepared by the Spitzer Science Center.

Thomas Dekker Interview on TSCC Season 3

The youtube interview I link to below has an interview with Dekker where he reveals what some of the plans for season 3 were.

Mars Missions: A Pictorial History

This chart shows the history of Mars missions in a pictorial manner easy to understand, and which facilitates appreciation of the historical progress and treds.

Space Navy Hall of Fame

I found this picture on io9 some time back, it shows th relative sizes of various ships known to science fiction. Reality-based 20th century human vessels are at the top. They're depressingly small.