The Great Geek Manual

Art

• Paul Lickt is a photographer who specializes in Macro photography of Water droplets. Check out the gallery or at the Microworld Flickr.

Film

• Finally, Kevin Smith dishes on his role in the Superman film. It’s a funny narrative, even if the final result was tragic.
• Reuters has already called it: Wolverine is a massive disappointment.

Internet

• Cracked.com takes a look at what it might be like If Everything Was Made by Microsoft.
• College Humor give us a look at what Real Life Twitter might sound like.

Literature

• Interview: Bitten by Books talks with Jim Butcher, author of Turn Coat.
• Fans can now step into Harry Potter’s world at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Costumes, props and set designs will be on display at the museum from Thursday, April 30 through September 27, 2009.

Television

• Entertainment Weekly questions the Great Sci-Fi Divide, asking Why don’t we want science fiction on TV? My answer: not enough explosions.
• io9 explains the rules to A Dozen Science-Fiction Drinking Games.

Video Games

• If you enjoyed The King of Kong, you should check out this follow-up documentary, Motherboard: Twin Galaxies and the Golden Domes. It’s a look behinds the scenes of the world of competitive gaming.
• Love the smell of Half Life in the morning? A research team at Birmingham University is working on technology that could be used to add smells to video games.

Writing

• Charlie Stross discusses where authors get their ideas.