Saturday, August 11, 2007

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend. (AP) -- Summer's annual meteor shower promises to put on a dazzling show when it peaks this weekend - provided you're far from city lights. With no moon in sight to interfere with the Perseid meteor shower, skygazers can expect to spot streaking fireballs late Sunday into dawn Monday regardless of time zone. Astronomers estimate as many as 60 meteors per hour could flit across the sky at the shower's peak. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news] 6:23:53 PM

Gibson's Pattern Recognition THE BEST-LOOKING PART OF A BOOK TOUR Virgin hotel beds. These are from my last tour, in suppport of the paperback of Pattern Recognition. More a mini-tour. Seattle San Francisco Los Angeles Phoenix Milwaukee Madison Chicago Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York - Bill [Gibson Blog] 12:12:11 PM

Source: CNET News.com Review of Apple's newest iMac. Video: Review of Apple's newest iMac. CNET's Rich Brown gives Apple's latest iMac offering an Editor's Choice for its sharp design and great performance. [CNET News.com] 12:10:53 PM

Trauma Pod 2009 Robot Medic Will Deploy by 2009: Live from DARPATech. One of the first announcements at this year's conference is going to be hard to top: the first portable, self-contained surgical robot will be deployed in the next two years. The system, called Trauma Pod, has successfully "treated" a mannequin with no complications. [PopularMechanics.com - Blogs: Technology News] 12:08:35 PM

The Black Scorpion (1957) Black Scorpion, The. "Every horror you've seen on the screen grows pale beside the horror of The Black Scorpion," claims one of the film's taglines. True, schlock galore, but as a Scorpio, I was astrologically compelled to review this one... Review by Chris Justice [Classic-Horror - Reviewing the History of Terror] 10:13:39 AM

The Coldplay Issue Woman unhappy with Seattle karaoke singer attacks him during Coldplay song. When she was escorted outside, the 21-year-old woman ''went crazy,'' a bartender said, throwing punches at him and others, including an off-duty police officer. [azcentral.com | thebuzz] 10:11:13 AM

golden age stories Golden Age Comic Book Stories.. Great weblog. Via Forbidden Planet. [The Cartoonist] 10:09:56 AM

donewaiting - film review Film Review: Stardust [donewaiting.com] 9:42:14 AM