My Favorite Psychotic AIs: GLaDoS Who doesn't adore artificially-intelligent computer systems willing to murder humans in their cold pursuit of perfection? *sigh* Oh Skynet, Joshua, HAL... <3

Analyzing Cloverfield So, Cloverfield... I loved it! But I've spent the last two days puzzling about the unanswered questions. I am geek, and it is our way.

Lord Vader Approves of Your Mashup Star Wars fans ought to like Party Ben's "Galvanize the Empire," a mashup of the Imperial March with the Chemical Bros. "Galvanize." Free download here (right click and 'save as')

Mister Splashy Pants, or The Perils and Blessings of Web 2.0 For a brilliant and charming example of how the mob now controls the message, check out Mister Splashy Pants.

Star Wars and Fan Fiction: Anmoku No Ryokai The cover story in the November 2007 issue of Wired is about the Japanese manga industry, but it's a must-read for anyone with an interest in fan fiction or copyright.

Is It Christmas Yet? Well, is it?

Perfect Comics Panels: Jack Kirby's Kamandi Wow, what a great panel by comic book godfather Jack Kirby!

Wikipedia In The Classroom Really smart discussion on whether schools should forbid students from using Wikipedia can be found on Seth Godin's blog.

Things I Want: Time Bandits Map Well, how else are you gonna find all the holes in the cosmos?

The Star Wars Planet Guide: Back From The Grave After discovering online fandom in 1994, I assembled a list of planets that had appeared to date in the Star Wars films and Expanded Universe.