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• Ask General Kang: How do you keep your New Year’s Resolutions?

  January 5, 2009 in Ask General Kang

  That question assumes that I make such foolish promises to myself. As you are well aware, to be an intergalactic overlord requires a certain self-discipline, an ability to focus the mind … Share

• Nude Clanking Down a Staircase

  January 1, 2009 in Toulouse Le Grandfig

  You had to hand it to Wanda the Happy Ending Pleasure Borg; sure, she was two-thirds titanium alloy with Buckyball Graphite Tetro-Carbon piping, but she had … Share

• Happy New Year

  January 1, 2009 in General Skwib

  Let’s hope this one is better! Share

• E-nnui

  December 31, 2008 in Toulouse Le Grandfig

  Toto the Bio-Sphere Demolition-Bot wondered what it was all about. Did life really mean anything? There had to be more to existence … Share

• Professor Quippy: Scientists look to SF for robot design

  December 30, 2008 in But is it art?, Odd Science

  Can science fiction help roboticists create robots that humans are comfortable interacting with? Initial reports are promising. They have already discovered that most people are not comfortable with automatons … Share