Nerd Worthy News
Scifi & Fantasy
- Lifehacker: Book Writing Advice For Nerds
- Geeks Are Sexy: Star Wars Cereal(Pics)
- Tor: ReaderCon Panel Recap: ”Everybody Loves Dirigibles – Science for Tomorrow’s Fiction”
- Tor: ReaderCon Panel Recap: “Folklore and Its Discontents”
- Tor: ReaderCon Panel Recap: “The New and Improved Future of Magazines”
- Tor: Queering SFF: At ReaderCon 21
- Tor: Hugo Nominee for Best Novel: The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Slice of SciFi: How Long Will Matt Smith Be the Doctor?
- blastr: 3 Famous SciFi Roles Leonardo DiCaprio Rejected Before Inception
- blastr: Eisner Plans a New Flash Gordon FRANCHISE, Not Just a Movie
Technology
- Wired: 5 Reasons Green Tech Has Such a Tough Time in America
- Wired: Sea-Level Rise Will Be Worse For Some, We Just Don’t Know Who
- Wired: Times Case For Government Regulation of Google Search is Weak
- Wired: Toyota, Tesla Resurect the Electric RAV4
- Wired: Real Life Superheroes Gear Up With Ninja Throwing Stars, Ax Handles, and “Stun Knucles”
- Wired: SpaceShip Two Makes First Flight With Crew Abord
- Wired: Firefox Home Syncs Your Faves to Your iPhone
- Wired: Video: Army Tests ‘HULC’ Super-Strength Gear, No Gamma Rays Allowed
- Wired: Google to stop selling the Nexus One
- Lifehacker: Green Walls and Macs: The Superman Office
- Lifehacker: Turn an IKEA Candle Holder Into an Elegant Bird Bath
- io9: Universal flu vaccine could be just around the corner
- io9: Robbing cancer cells of their immortality could stop the disease in its tracks
- io9: Could “blue-holes” offer clues about the biology of extraterrestrial?
- Geek-o-system: DARPA Tries Harvesting Energy From Humans, The Matrix Inevitable
- Geek-o-system: Solar Sail Powered Drone Successful
- Geeks are sexy: It’s OfficIal: The Chicken Came Before the Egg
Comic Books
- Geek-o-systems: Rumor: Kevin Bacon to play Sebastian Shaw in X-Men First Class?
- DC Universe: And Now…..DC Comics Presents
- DC Universe: STATIC ongoing series to launch in 2011
- DC Universe: Meet the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
- Dark Horse: Popular Webseries The Guild Returns to Comics!
- Newsarama: DC Comics’ October 2010 Solicitations: DCU and Superman
- Newsarama: Avengers: Right To Assemble: Do we need another team?
- Newsarama: Ed Brubaker puts Captain America on trial this October
Video Games
- Wired: Vote on First Lady’s Games For Healthy Kids
- Joystiq: Develop: How is Digital Distribution Changing the Games You Play?
- Joystiq: Starcraft 2’s PC and Mac System Requirements Announced
- Joystiq: Cyanides First Song of Fire and Ice Game Detailed
- Lifehacker: Scumm VM Brings Classic Point-and-Click DOS Games to Modern Systems
Comic Con
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