Art
- Hardcore Twitter fans can now get these “Follow Me” Twitter tights at Etsy.
- …also available from Etsy: very cool yet unofficial Iron Man MacBook Pro decals!
- Incredible World has posted a gallery of The Art of Paper Folding.
Film
- Interview: Peter Jackson talks about The Lovely Bones.
- China Miéville lets loose on CGI in his essay Why the Na’vi Are Making Me Blue. “It is straightforwardly untrue that CGI “looks real.” Are we yet at the point in history where we can all agree we could totally see the digital seams whenever Gollum walked onscreen?”
- Here’s a directory of 100 Best (Free) Science Documentaries Online.
- James Cameron rejects claims Avatar epic borrows from Russians’ sci-fi novels.
- Spike has a fascinating list of The Top Seven Classic Movie Moments You Didn’t Know Were Improv, including the best scene from The Silence of the Lambs.
- Time magazine has an excellent count down of The Top 5 Underrated Sci-Fi Movies, starting with Silent Running. [Video]
- Watch the first A-Team teaser trailer over at Empire!
- Yes, it’s yet another list of The Most Anticipated Films of 2010… they’re going to keep coming until about February.
Literature
- Interview: John Scalzi interviews Alan DeNiro, author of Total Oblivion.
- The debate over What’s the Best Story to Never Win a Hugo? Snow Crash gets my vote, for what it’s worth.
Science
- Morning Coffee Physics explains how to Measure the Speed of Light with Chocolate and a Microwave oven.
- Proof of Martians ‘to come this year’: Scientific American.
- TreeHugger has posted a gallery of 10 Fish to Inspire Nightmares.
Television
- Interview: JJ Abrams discusses Lost And Fringe with SFX.
Video Games
- Here are a few Video Game Statistics summed up in an infographic.
Writing
- Charles Tan demonstrates why you need to be patient to be an author.
- Rants & Ramblings patiently explains to newcomers Why Authors Need Agents.
- Ursula K Le Guin continues to wage war against The Google Settlement.
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