There are some common features of sci-fi that are “problematic” at best – and none more so than the issue of language. When your plot involves a mixture of races from various parts of the universe it’s inevitable that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I recently bought a Kindle 3, which I have to say is a great device. I had been eyeing up the various eBook readers availably in the UK for some time, but that was the one that finally offered the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From time to time (okay, quite frequently) we talk about the Easter Eggs that we embed into each of our comics. These can take various forms: little bits of code that run if you load the SVG file into a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We seem to have had a bit of a run on topical strips recently, but this one is by far our most topical to date, coming less than three hours after the successful landing of NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We’re sorry to hear about the passing of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon. We have huge admiration for everyone involved in the Apollo programme, especially the astronauts who put their lives on the line in the name[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…