8-6-07

Supernatural's creator talks about plans for season 3.
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1&id=43074

161 stories, 63 pieces of art and 4 radio plays about Mars are on their way to be the first library on Mars about Mars. (They are on a special silicon glass CD velcroed to the lander.)
http://www.space.com/news/070804_phoenix_spacelibrary.html
http://www.planetary.org/programs/projects/messages/vom_contents.html

More about plug-in hybrids. I figure by the time they get the bugs smoothed out with this technology, it will be about time to replace my trusty Camry.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9755379-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

David Anders (Sark from Alias) has been upgraded from recurring (1 arc) to regular on Heroes. How is that going to work since he is playing Kensei (in ancient Japan)?
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Exclusive-Heroes-Promotes/800019944?rssDate=12345678

Truly weird - the Hello Kitty punishment: cops in Thailand who break rules will have to wear pink Hello Kitty armbands for a day to shame them into behaving. Who thought up this one?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/08/06/international/i035724D81.DTL&feed=rss.news

Last week, ABC's new show Big Shots got the actor playing Harry Dresden as a recurring character. This week they get Rob Thomas (of Veronica Mars) as consulting producer. With the cast this already had, I may have to change this from "not interested" to "watch the pilot to see if they can be better than their premise".
http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Exclusive-Veronica-Mars/800019936?rssDate=12345678

OK. I admit I'm having a bad day, and I'm oversensitive, but this bugs me. Harris Polls has released a study that more people go online to research health concerns before visiting their doctors. They call these "cyberchondriacs" where I consider it to be common sense. I've had enough idiotic uninformed doctors that I think it is necessary to do some research myself, and I wouldn't go in the first place if I didn't think it were necessary. They say they don't mean anything negative, but I really don't like the hypochondriac comparison.
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;233083692