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Conversation with Chris Hadfield and Randall Munroe

It’s finally here!

The trailer is finally out... looks awesome, Dune is one of my favorite books of all time, and I’ve read A LOT of books.  Can’t wait to see this!!!!  

I’m not very familiar with director Denis Villeneuve but he directed Arrival which I thought was brilliant, and I’ve heard good things about his other films so the excitement factor is high.

I love that the trailer is set to a cover of Pink Floyd, which is one of my favorite bands.  Io9 does a great wrap up for folks who are looking for the breakdown of the rest of the trailer (spoiler alert).

"Herbert's creation of this universe, with its intricate development and analysis of ecology, religion, politics, and philosophy, remains one of the supreme and seminal achievements In science fiction." (The Louisville Times)

See also:

Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world

Rare DUNE Interview with Frank Herbert

Adding this sci fi film to my movie queue…

Adding this too...  The Visit Proves That Families Are the Scariest Thing of All

More Congressional Fail: Elected Officials Think They Are Underpaid

(follow-up to Huffington Post piece-- read comments!)

absolutely outrageous...  

New Jersey bars Tesla from selling cars directly

Still, Texas and Arizona show us sales go on when Tesla dealers are “banned.”

This one made my jaw drop, seriously???? 

Welcome to Narco World

I ride the subway a lot. It’s how I get from the East Side to the West Side and all around the town. Lately, I’ve noticed ads promoting “Narcan” (naloxone hydrochloride). At…

Another fantastic post by my friend Rob... 

#privacy

Dow Jones asks court to unseal long-completed digital surveillance cases Tens of thousands of electronic surveillance orders are sealed from public view. via arstechnica

Federal court rules cops can warrantlessly track suspects via cellphone Geo-data received based on "reasonable grounds" phone was connected to a crime.  via arstechnica

Amendment 4 by Jeff DeMaria creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo  

Obama panel supports warrant requirement for e-mail, cloud content Congress has punted on issue for years. E-mail, cloud data to remain exposed.  via arstechnica

No worries: NSA chief says facial recognition program is totally legal "We do not do this in some unilateral basis against US citizens," NSA chief says.  via arstechnica

thoughts on google glass

cool...   actually, I think google glass is pretty important in that it's a transitional technology--- kind of in the way that Martin Cooper created the first handheld mobile phone:

that in no way resembles what our smartphones look like today, or what they're capable of...  but, that phone was a critical piece of electronics in the evolution of technology...  I already have my eyes on what's next, by the time they "do a good job" on glass, I think we'll be close to seeing that...  GG can still be useful, there's actually a bunch of cool ways that it can be used in education too-- the problem is that it's poorly executed, clunky and is just the start of what can be done with wearables, AR, and IoT...  

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