Superman saves Family’s House

Yes literally….. “A struggling family facing foreclosure has stumbled upon what is considered to be the Holy Grail of comic books in their basement – a fortuitous find that could fetch upwards of a quarter million dollars at auction. A family facing home foreclosure finds a rare Superman comic book. A copy of Action Comics […]

Billionaires pledge to donate half their wealth

Bill Gates is trying to save the World: One Billionaire at a Time. FORTY of America’s billionaires and their families have pledged to give more than half of their fortune to charity in a drive organised by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Mr Gates and Mr Buffett are reportedly aiming to secure pledges from each of […]

Hawking warns of Alien Contact

“British physicist Stephen Hawking says aliens are out there, but it could be too dangerous for humans to interact with extraterrestrial life. Hawking claims in a new documentary titled “Into the Universe With Stephen Hawking” that intelligent alien life forms almost certainly exist — but warns that communicating with them could be “too risky.” “We […]

New Mechwarrior Game Announced

Information from: IGN Mechwarrior Revealed The Premise: “This new MechWarrior (game) is set on the planet Deshler in the year 3015, and places players in the role of Adrian Khol, a wayward nobleman (presumably from the Federated Suns as it is set during the rise of Hanse Davion) who prefers partying and shirking responsibility over […]

Michael Jackson (1958 – 2009)

Say what you will about his turbulent social life (recluse, pervert, lost child), but as a recording artist and a song writer very few people can claim that Michael Jackson was not a Superstar. His music spans generations and it’s continuing popularity, even after he stopped recording over a decade ago, is a testament to […]

Rest in Peace: Neda Salehi Agha Soltan

It’s not that often that world events affect me and cause me to think long and hard about my own good fortune to live in a democracy like Australia. But the recent protests in Iran over the questionable legitimacy of the results of their recent election had me thinking. Then, today I saw this video […]

Abrams’ Trek Movie Stills….. Hmmm

Ok I should be super excited over these stills (surfacing all across the interwebs) from the upcoming JJ Abrams’ reimagining of the Trek Franchise but I find myself strangely underwhelmed. Perhaps another trailer and these scenes animated may be needed to assuage my troubled Trek preconceptions. Or perhaps I really don’t want them to screw […]