"I think it's official: I'm addicted to Kathy Sierra's blog. Yesterday she made a great (if a tad long) summary of some pretty basic points she made earlier in the year that apply to learning. Here's a bulleted list of her main"
Instructional Design reminders

"Timez Attack I am really impressed with this game. It's engaging, the graphics are great, it has a cool adventure environment, and it teaches math. Seriously cool. As you (a small monster) run through the world, you meet up with puzzles that"
Fight trolls with math!

"FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH | Bryce Zabel: Superman Returns (2006) vs Superman: The Movie (1978) Here's a great review of Superman Returns in comparison with the original Superman movie (I love Bryce's new concept in movie reviews). I agree with him on"
Bryce Zabel's Superman Smackdown

"Okay, the term "Web 2.0" is utterly useless, but you gotta admit, there's some cool stuff out there. Instead of listing all the cool apps that will make your life wonderful, I'll just list one: Go2Web20.net will help you find the"
Web 2.0 applications / free conferencing

"“Justice League of America” Moves Forward - Slice of Scifi I'm sorry. I just can't picture this movie being made well any time in the next 5 years. As I said in a previous post, there are just too many big characters"
“Justice League of America” Moves Forward - Slice of Scifi

"First, sorry about the absence of new posts lately. Plenty has been going on, I've just been too tired to write about it. Anyway... on to the review! The Rocky series is sort of a guilty pleasure for me. The first"
Review: Rocky II

"Okay, that may be overstating it slightly, but comic book properties are getting a lot more attention in the last few years. The encouraging thing is that they are usually not being given a campy treatment, but rather are presented"
Graphic novels are all the rage - Tuesday TubeWatch

"I knew that I knew it from somewhere. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. Now I know. The Olympics stole their theme song from the opening credits of one of my favorite too-quickly-cancelled shows. The Adventures of Brisco County"
What do Bruce Campbell and the Olympics have in common? - Tuesday TubeWatch

"Hmm.... how do I do this without giving away spoilers? This was simultaneously the coolest and weakest of the three X-men movies. It earns coolest because it had some excellent battle scenes, and took more chances, story-wise, than the other two"
Review: X-Men 3: The Last Stand

"The Fantastic Four is all about teamwork and family, when you boil it down. Or at least it should be. Both the original movie and the current sequel, unfortunately, can't seem to get that right. In the first movie, it"
Review: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

"Star Wars: Community | starwars.com at Comic-Con 2006 At the recent Comic-Con, Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations, dropped some depressing news about one of the more anticipated Star Wars rumors of the last year or so: George and Rick are really"
Star Wars in 3-D: Not happening soon

"“Journeyman” Creator Quells Cancellation Rumors - Slice of SciFi A couple posts ago I mentioned that "Journeyman" may not air all of its produced episodes this year. Well, it turns out that's still a question, but it's not as bad as"
Good-ish news for “Journeyman”

"Silence. That's all I was after. Just make the screaming stop (and prevent me from adding to it) - nothing else mattered. While the challenge presented by my youngest child today may not be unusual for some families (unfortunately), for"
The Silence of the Lamb

"» The Top 10 Most Quotable Geek Films…Ever! | Geekend | TechRepublic.com Wow, what a loaded topic. The Top Ten Most Quotable Geek Films... hmmm... to be included in my list, I'd have to be able to think of at least"
The Top 10 Most Quotable Geek Films

"GateWorld - SCI FI confirms Atlantis cancellation, TV movie Stargate: Atlantis has been cancelled. The show will run through its 100th episode in January 2009 and end on a cliffhanger, which will be resolved by a 2-hour movie. So basically, this is"
Stargate to die a slow, painful death