• Yao Now Red Cow

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    Yao Now Red Cow – good article on Kuro5hin about the rise of international players in the NBA.

  • Orbital Who?

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    “I will camp outside the BBC with a placard, saying ‘Let us do it! At least, let us have a go!’” Orbital, talking about their Doctor Who remix and their deep, unabiding desire to do the music for any future BBC Doctor Who series.

  • Davis’ struggle for Earth

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    “The music depicts the mythic, sometimes violent struggle between the occupants of Earth and a group of ex-Earthlings inhabiting the fictional planet Kobaia.” Some mad ravings about alternative music? No, it’s former world snooker champion Steve Davis giving commentary about the current B&H tournament. Clearly a slow news day over at the BBC…

  • Waltzing into Space

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    A couple of nights ago, I was happily showing a friends – a fellow space buff – my favourite moment in cinematic history. It was the heartbreakingly beautiful docking sequence set to the Blue Danube in 2001. An elegent spaceplane languidly waltzes towards a spinning Space Station which is still to this day the most…

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    Two speeches for two Space Shuttle disasters: 1986: President Reagan on the Challenger disaster. 2003: President Bush on the Columbia disaster. That’s two Space Shuttles out of a fleet of five. Something has to be done. And here’s an interesting thought – the next person to be launched into space may very well not be…

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    The Space Shuttle Columbia was destroyed today; one of the worst disasters in spaceflight history. See this Metafilter thread for more information and commentary.