Wheels within Wheels

This is pretty strange.

via Alan K. Henderson 

I think I want one of these.

via A Voyage to Arcturus

… particularly of movies. The reviews of this book aren’t snarky, but they’re certainly fun.

via Bruce Schneier.

Laura at Ace of Spades sends notice of this little gem.

Impressive, but unwieldy. I don’t believe I’d take this thing camping.

For the James Bond fan with a computer: a USB hub self-destruct switch.

They’re currently unavailable, but just the thing for escalating the arms race against the guy in the next cubicle. Video here.

The Anime Network will be showing a new production of The Guyver. You can see episode 1 here.

Dominoes and more.

Starz is having a free weekend this weekend, and one of the movies that’s on currently is The Terminator. I just saw a scene with the terminator’s computer-generated vision overlays, and was reminded that the things that look like columnnar text are actually assembly-language program listings for the Apple II from Nibble Magazine. If I hadn’t given away all of my Apple magazines when I gave away my Apple, I could probably even identify the program.

Star Trek inspirational posters.

Last night, Marion and I went to the Arvada Center for the Performing Arts to see Souvenir, a play about Mrs. Florence Foster Jenkins. The play was hilarious for the most part, with a very poignant ending.

This is a woman who was convinced that she was one of the great coloratura sopranos, but who was once described by a critic as the “first lady of the sliding scale.” I’ve never been so delighted by truly bad singing.

Alex Ryer, who played Mrs. Jenkins, was marvelous in the part. One of her previous roles had been Edith Piaf in a show she herself wrote, and in the notes for the performance, she stated that she was thrilled to follow in the footsteps of Judy Kaye, who was nominated for a Tony for playing the role on Broadway (note – the link has audio), but asked in an interview in the Rocky Mountain News, “What if I can never sing right again?”

If you can  get to the Arvada Center while it’s playing, or if it comes to your area, I’d recommend seeing it.

Don’t you just love articles with wonderful headlines?

Via Gravity Lens.

Update: This goes right along with it.