Men in Trees is moving from 10pm to 8pm starting next week. This is going to mess up my schedule, but hopefully will help its ratings.
Stargate Atlantis renewed for a 5th season of 20 episodes.
China successfully launched its first lunar probe.
Boeing successfully tested a hydrogen engine designed for a plane that will fly at high altitude for up to 7 days without stopping. This simulation was for 3 days, and it performed well.
A solar telescope was launched to 120,000 feet using a giant balloon. Long duration flights over the pole will begin in 2009, and more scientific missions may test with a balloon flight before committing to a rocket launch. CNet has a slideshow with photos.
DVRs for tonight:
8pm Pushing Daisies
9pm Bionic Woman & Private Practice
10pm CSI:NY & Life
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
10-23-07
DVRs for tonight:
8pm Bones
9pm House & Reaper
CBS has ordered 4 more scripts for Moonlight.
Pushing Daisies has received a full season pickup!! Quirky charm getting a full season pickup this early? I never would have expected this, but I'm glad.
Sean Patrick Flanery talks about making Young Indiana Jones (the dvd set is about to come out).
Honda has said that they have no interest in making a plug-in hybrid. If they can get the necessary battery power, they would go for a pure electric.
They have found a correlation between leaded gas use and crime rates. The lead from gas was getting into the water and air, and once it was phased out for about 20 years (so there weren't still people in their teens and twenties who were raised with high lead), the crime rates drop. If the lead was prevalent enough to be causing notably different crime levels, I wonder what other problems it was causing.
8pm Bones
9pm House & Reaper
CBS has ordered 4 more scripts for Moonlight.
Pushing Daisies has received a full season pickup!! Quirky charm getting a full season pickup this early? I never would have expected this, but I'm glad.
Sean Patrick Flanery talks about making Young Indiana Jones (the dvd set is about to come out).
Honda has said that they have no interest in making a plug-in hybrid. If they can get the necessary battery power, they would go for a pure electric.
They have found a correlation between leaded gas use and crime rates. The lead from gas was getting into the water and air, and once it was phased out for about 20 years (so there weren't still people in their teens and twenties who were raised with high lead), the crime rates drop. If the lead was prevalent enough to be causing notably different crime levels, I wonder what other problems it was causing.
Monday, October 22, 2007
10-22-07
DVRs for tonight:
8pm Chuck & How I Met Your Mother
830 Big Bang Theory
9pm Heroes & 2.5 Men
JK Rowling revealed that she always thought of Dumbledore as gay. It makes sense. I like the comment that it gives Christian groups one more reason to dislike her books (which she sees as an argument for tolerance). There are probably a billion articles around by now, but the ones I read were at CNN & January Magazine.
The Space Elevator Games started this past weekend. Teams from around the world competing for $1 million in prizes for creating a super-strong tether or a robot that could climb a suspended ribbon at a certain rate. Sounds like the technology is getting close to making a space elevator possible. This Nature article talks about the competition, and the competition blog has details and videos on the progress.
Even though the Genesis spacecraft crash landed 3 years ago, they are starting to get valuable data on solar winds from the wreckage.
2 teams of scientists have found ways that will change the course of hurricanes (and possibly slow them down). The US to warm from above and Israel to cool from below.
I see why we've been hearing more about hybrid & plug-in cars in the last few months. New regulations require that manufacturers increase their average mpg per product line from 25mpg to 35mpg by 2020. So they can either make trucks and SUVs more efficient or they can introduce more efficient cars to change their overall product line average. As much as I like seeing more efficient cars, I wish they would just work to make the stupid gas guzzlers more efficient.
The Hollywood WGA voted 90% in favor of authorizing a strike. Although the studios dropped their ridiculous request for no residuals until a profit is shown (which never happens in Hollywood), these sides are still miles apart with less than 2 weeks until the deadline. For those of us who hate "reality" shows, there isn't going to be much to watch soon.
2 recent science breakthroughs from North Carolina State University: Biofuels and Positron beams. They have developed a way to make jet fuel from any vegetable or animal fat (no petroleum products involved and it burns clean - a true green fuel), and they have produced the most powerful antimatter electron beam in the world.
8pm Chuck & How I Met Your Mother
830 Big Bang Theory
9pm Heroes & 2.5 Men
JK Rowling revealed that she always thought of Dumbledore as gay. It makes sense. I like the comment that it gives Christian groups one more reason to dislike her books (which she sees as an argument for tolerance). There are probably a billion articles around by now, but the ones I read were at CNN & January Magazine.
The Space Elevator Games started this past weekend. Teams from around the world competing for $1 million in prizes for creating a super-strong tether or a robot that could climb a suspended ribbon at a certain rate. Sounds like the technology is getting close to making a space elevator possible. This Nature article talks about the competition, and the competition blog has details and videos on the progress.
Even though the Genesis spacecraft crash landed 3 years ago, they are starting to get valuable data on solar winds from the wreckage.
2 teams of scientists have found ways that will change the course of hurricanes (and possibly slow them down). The US to warm from above and Israel to cool from below.
I see why we've been hearing more about hybrid & plug-in cars in the last few months. New regulations require that manufacturers increase their average mpg per product line from 25mpg to 35mpg by 2020. So they can either make trucks and SUVs more efficient or they can introduce more efficient cars to change their overall product line average. As much as I like seeing more efficient cars, I wish they would just work to make the stupid gas guzzlers more efficient.
The Hollywood WGA voted 90% in favor of authorizing a strike. Although the studios dropped their ridiculous request for no residuals until a profit is shown (which never happens in Hollywood), these sides are still miles apart with less than 2 weeks until the deadline. For those of us who hate "reality" shows, there isn't going to be much to watch soon.
2 recent science breakthroughs from North Carolina State University: Biofuels and Positron beams. They have developed a way to make jet fuel from any vegetable or animal fat (no petroleum products involved and it burns clean - a true green fuel), and they have produced the most powerful antimatter electron beam in the world.
Friday, October 19, 2007
10-19-07
DVRs for tonight:
6pm Flash Gordon
7pm Stargate Atlantis
8pm Blood Ties & Ghost Whisperer
9pm Moonlight & Womens Murder Club
10pm Numb3rs & Men in Trees
Private Practice and Big Bang Theory were both picked up for full 22 episode seasons.
Jon Stewart's contract with The Daily Show has been extended through 2010.
Neanderthals may have had the power of speech. A critical gene has been discovered in their DNA.
6pm Flash Gordon
7pm Stargate Atlantis
8pm Blood Ties & Ghost Whisperer
9pm Moonlight & Womens Murder Club
10pm Numb3rs & Men in Trees
Private Practice and Big Bang Theory were both picked up for full 22 episode seasons.
Jon Stewart's contract with The Daily Show has been extended through 2010.
Neanderthals may have had the power of speech. A critical gene has been discovered in their DNA.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
10-18-07
DVRs for tonight:
8pm My Name is Earl
9pm CSI & Grey's Anatomy & Supernatural
10pm Big Shots
David Sutcliffe (Christopher from Gilmore Girls) is joining the cast of Private Practice.
The main writer/producer promises that Sara (Jorja Fox) will be coming back to CSI.
RIP Deborah Kerr. The actress from The King & I, The Prizoner of Zenda, Affair to Remember, etc.... has died at 86. TCM has changed their schedule to play 2 of her movies this Sunday.
The new Star Trek cast is now complete. Rumored casting of Chris Pine for Kirk and Karl Urban for Bones have been confirmed.
The 2-hour "Christmas" episode of The Closer will air on Monday, December 3rd at 8pm.
The results are in from the high tech scan of the Mona Lisa. It appears she did have eyelashes & brows at some point, but they faded or were "cleaned" off.
Comedy Central is launching thedailyshow.com with 13,000 videos covering the entire run of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. This is their challenge to YouTube.
A team from Arizona State University has found evidence of early humans along the coast of South Africa dating back 164,000 years (about 40,000 years earlier than any evidence had shown before). They've made some interesting discoveries about the development of mankind. Another article can be found here.
UK researchers have turned stem cells from fat into nerve cells and plan to use a biodegradable polymer to place these cells where they can act as an artificial nerve and bridge the gap in damaged nerves for limbs and organs. Treatment could be ready in 4-5 years.
SciFi has greenlit a movie/pilot called Revolution which is about a colony world struggling for independence. It could be good, but will probably end up being lame.
60 percent of auto combustion energy is lost as heat. There are now people looking into adding thermoelectric generators to capture that energy and make cars more efficient. More ideas along this line can be found in the Popular Mechanics article.
8pm My Name is Earl
9pm CSI & Grey's Anatomy & Supernatural
10pm Big Shots
David Sutcliffe (Christopher from Gilmore Girls) is joining the cast of Private Practice.
The main writer/producer promises that Sara (Jorja Fox) will be coming back to CSI.
RIP Deborah Kerr. The actress from The King & I, The Prizoner of Zenda, Affair to Remember, etc.... has died at 86. TCM has changed their schedule to play 2 of her movies this Sunday.
The new Star Trek cast is now complete. Rumored casting of Chris Pine for Kirk and Karl Urban for Bones have been confirmed.
The 2-hour "Christmas" episode of The Closer will air on Monday, December 3rd at 8pm.
The results are in from the high tech scan of the Mona Lisa. It appears she did have eyelashes & brows at some point, but they faded or were "cleaned" off.
Comedy Central is launching thedailyshow.com with 13,000 videos covering the entire run of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show. This is their challenge to YouTube.
A team from Arizona State University has found evidence of early humans along the coast of South Africa dating back 164,000 years (about 40,000 years earlier than any evidence had shown before). They've made some interesting discoveries about the development of mankind. Another article can be found here.
UK researchers have turned stem cells from fat into nerve cells and plan to use a biodegradable polymer to place these cells where they can act as an artificial nerve and bridge the gap in damaged nerves for limbs and organs. Treatment could be ready in 4-5 years.
SciFi has greenlit a movie/pilot called Revolution which is about a colony world struggling for independence. It could be good, but will probably end up being lame.
60 percent of auto combustion energy is lost as heat. There are now people looking into adding thermoelectric generators to capture that energy and make cars more efficient. More ideas along this line can be found in the Popular Mechanics article.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
10-17-07
DVRs for tonight:
8pm Pushing Daisies
9pm Bionic Woman & Private Practice
10pm CSI:NY & Life
George Lucas talks about making a live action Star Wars TV series in the next few years.
Fox has announced a premiere date for The Sarah Connor Chronicles (the Terminator spin-off that takes up after the 2nd movie and ignores the 3rd - just like I did). It will be 1-14-08. The bad news is that is a Monday. They are changing the timeslot to Mondays at 8pm - which is already crowded.
Fox has stopped production on New Amsterdam. They have filmed 8 of the ordered 13, and if they don't like what has been made so far then there may not be any more.
Rumors are that Karl Urban (Eomer from LOTR, Cupid/Caesar from Xena/Hercules, etc.) will play Bones on Star Trek.
The Orionid meteor shower should be impressive this Sunday morning if you are awake between 1:30am & dawn.
8pm Pushing Daisies
9pm Bionic Woman & Private Practice
10pm CSI:NY & Life
George Lucas talks about making a live action Star Wars TV series in the next few years.
Fox has announced a premiere date for The Sarah Connor Chronicles (the Terminator spin-off that takes up after the 2nd movie and ignores the 3rd - just like I did). It will be 1-14-08. The bad news is that is a Monday. They are changing the timeslot to Mondays at 8pm - which is already crowded.
Fox has stopped production on New Amsterdam. They have filmed 8 of the ordered 13, and if they don't like what has been made so far then there may not be any more.
Rumors are that Karl Urban (Eomer from LOTR, Cupid/Caesar from Xena/Hercules, etc.) will play Bones on Star Trek.
The Orionid meteor shower should be impressive this Sunday morning if you are awake between 1:30am & dawn.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
10-16-07
DVR for tonight:
9pm Reaper
More casting announced for "The Changeling", the script by JMS that will be produced by Ron Howard and directed by Clint Eastwood. Joining Angelina Jolie are Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), John Malkovich, and several others I don't recognize by name.
The 3rd season premiere of Supernatural is on Amazon unbox as a free download. Assuming I ever catch up on season 2 episodes, this will be good.
9pm Reaper
More casting announced for "The Changeling", the script by JMS that will be produced by Ron Howard and directed by Clint Eastwood. Joining Angelina Jolie are Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice), John Malkovich, and several others I don't recognize by name.
The 3rd season premiere of Supernatural is on Amazon unbox as a free download. Assuming I ever catch up on season 2 episodes, this will be good.
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