Until they get full haptic suits, it will still be confined to audio and video. Look and hear, but don’t touch.
Category Archives: Popular Culture
Glenn Frey
The Eagles were one of my favorite bands in my teens. Ed Driscoll has some thoughts, and on the loss of the stars of our youth in general.
The Final Frontier
It’s time to claim your piece. An interesting read on space property rights at Aeon, with a lot of quotes from your humble correspondent. [H/T to Paul Dietz]
Trump, And Space
The headline of this piece by Mark Whittington is a perfect example of Betteridge’s Law.
The Up Side Of A Trump Presidency
I’ve found a silver lining, over at National Review.
Nikki Haley
Mark Steyn’s thoughts on the latest from the Stupid Party.
Trump’s Achilles Heel
Could this end his campaign? He played soccer in high school.
David Bowie
RIP, I guess. I never got what was such a big deal about him. “Space Oddity” is the only song of his that I liked, and I never listened to an album. But apparently, according to my Twitter timeline, this is some kind of huge culture loss.
Star Wars
…and the age of the fake nerd.
I suppose that’s still better than taking pride in your ignorance of math, as some do. As I noted on Twitter yesterday, it’s OK to like Star Wars, as long as you don’t delude yourself that it’s science fiction.
[Wednesday-morning update]
Star Wars TFA has a perfection problem. Note (FWIW) that Megan is married to SF film critic Peter Suderman.
[Bumped]
Ted Cruz
…is handling the media perfectly.
As I’ve often said, people underestimate him at their peril. And that includes Trump.