In a mere fortnight the final episode of Galactica hits the air, and we will finally find out how it all ends. After nearly five years of watching, I can’t frakking wait.
I won’t offer any spoilers here (for those people I know who are only still watching the earlier seasons), but Topless Robot offers 20 alternative endings for Galatica. For some reason none of them involve Roslin airlocking every last living person. Possibly too close to the truth?
My personal favourite:
The ship runs out of algae. Order breaks down as the remaining humans turn to cannibalism to survive. Adama is forced to eat Roslin, and cries while eating her. It is revealed that the only difference between humans and humanoid Cylons is that the Cylons have a delicious “ranch” flavor.
Every now and then someone at TED presents a technology or an idea that’s so utterly amazing, or ridiculously simple that it can’t help but change the world. David Merrill shows off an MIT project called Siftables in this talk, and even though I’ve been messing around with computing for 25 years my jaw is still dragging along the floor. Check it out.
Elizabeth Gilbert wrote the 2006 best seller Eat, Pray, Love, and in this year’s TED talks gave a fantastic talk on the nature of creative genius. In a room full of scientists, this talk on being possessed by a creative muse, a spirit of genius, raised a standing ovation. This utterly enthralling talk is an interesting perspective on creativity.
Don’t save the world, just learn to listen. Starting with John Francis, who didn’t use any form of motorised transport for 30 years, and didn’t speak for 17 of them.
Alcohol and politics are two things that should rarely mix, but once in a blue moon there’s cause to throw caution to the wind and get a little crazy.
One such occasion is tomorrow night, when the US electorate takes to the polls and - with a little luck - elects Barack Obama their next President.
There are all sorts of reasons why this is such an important election, both in terms of America’s current standing within the world community, and a number of imminent domestic problems that the next President will find himself dealing with probably before he’s even inaugurated.
That’s perhaps a post or two for another time; once the results are in and the residents of Awesome Manor have either celebrated or commiserated until they drop.
For now, I simply offer my humble contribution to the election festivities. I call it “Bingo We Can Believe In“.
