Strider’s Web – Page 359

More UK Pictures

A few more pictures from my trip to the UK the other month. These particular images are from (surprise!) the Doctor Who Experience, which will be moving from London to Cardiff this winter, to reopen in the spring. The London run will continue through February 22nd. The first image is the Tardis above the doorway at which you enter the exhibit, which tells you that you have correctly figured out the tube system upon arrival. The next is one of a large number of character mockups they have, in this case Davros. And finally, everybody’s favorite robot dog, K9. Yes, this really was the primary reason I made the journey over the water (OK, I admit, I never would have done it if a friend hadn’t been looking for a likely accomplice). Although I made sure to hit lots of other fun tourist spots, like Forbidden Planet and the Namco Funscape. I think there were some buildings and churches and castles and clock towers around, as well. I’ll have to check the photos and see.

Black Mirror trailer

The Black Mirror Trilogy is a trio of stories put together in a twilight zone kind of way, coming to BBC4 beginning this Sunday, the 4th. It is pretty twisted; in the first episode kidnappers grab a princess and put their demands on YouTube where the government can’t block them, involving the Prime Minister and some barnyard animals. I am hoping BBC America will be kind enough to pick it up, so we can watch it on this side of the pond.

Interesting Animations

Here are a few interesting animations created by independent artists. They are all extremely short, and most of them were built in the hopes that someone would finance the completion of the piece.

Stuxnet Explanation

This video is a very good explanation of the most dangerous virus released so far. The sad part is, your tax dollars may have paid for it, depending on where you live. And if you do live there, don’t be surprised when it comes home to roost, as all such things do. Having a good way to leave the planet might be useful when that happens, so hopefully any government that would build and unleash such a thing would be funding its space program well into the future, to protect its citizens.

Stuxnet: Anatomy of a Computer Virus from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

What about Jupiter?

There have never been that many moments of actual footage of Jupiter videos or individual photos of the planet, because no physical camera has ever returned from there for us to develop the film. But this compilation of digital images returned to Earth over the last handful of decades and assembled by some of the more skillful editors at NASA gives you a taste of what is going on out there, and I for one would love to get a closer look.

Something to Do: Movies

Nothing of interest coming out this week, so it is a good time to catch up on something previously released you might have missed. I will be seeing Hugo myself, since life was a bit too hectic to catch it this past weekend what with the holiday and all.