Today’s the day: JJ Abrams and his cronies are heading to San Diego for a “major announcement” regarding Star Trek, the simply-titled new Star Trek film they’re helming. Here’s what we know already:Nimoy’s very likely in it, Shatner’s not. The movie is going to deal with the earliest days of the Kirk/Spock Enterprise and will [...]

I’m in Brooklyn right now, relaxing on my friends’ couch, recuperating from a really nasty bout of something gross. Long story short, I had to go to the emergency room the other day, but it looks like I’m on the mend. And though my hopes for an exciting visit to New York in which I’d [...]

Well, it’s finally nearly here. Tonight at midnight is the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and if you’d have asked me a mere six months ago if I’d have cared about this event, I would have laughed in your face. But, stubborn grumpy old me was finally convinced to read the books [...]

I’m in New Jersey, doing a talk at AT&T tomorrow and then giving a talk for Constance at CSCL on Wednesday. Right now, my friend Kendra and I are looking at videos of Tay Zonday. He’s clearly one of America’s brightest young talents. To wit: And, a response from MC Steinberg: And, a remix of [...]