We'll probably have to wait either until 2020 or until the 2010 district maps are invalidated, unfortunately, but definitely still vote and register your opposition!

Good list from what I know, includes some authors I've heard about and need to read (Delany and Butler).

Thanks to geryymandering, he's my representative in south Austin even though the vast majority of his district is in the more conservative, more rural parts of central Texas. His district actually ends right at the edge of the UT campus, and I suspect a fair number of UT professors and researchers are among his…

this kinda reminds me of back when Episode 1 was due to be released and the action figure line was an early introduction to the characters and design. Thinking about it, I imagine the secrecy and hype around the Episode 7 figures will be just as big if not bigger!

Perhaps I'm too cynical, but I fail to see the need for #3. Perhaps if all the other items here are perfected, we can start thinking about how to keep the billions of people on this planet alive even longer.

It's not just along the Pacific coast either. In Texas, there is an area along the Gulf Coast south of the Beaumont area where wave-rolled Clovis points and megafauna fossils are occasionally washed up onto the beach. The Pleistocene coastal plain extends for miles out below the current sea level, and you can trace…

The Saturn probe had returned, unexpectedly.

Holy crap, von Daniken was right!

It thought; therefore, it was.

I went from "wow, must have!" to "limited edition con item, sigh" in about 5 seconds. Happens a lot these days.

Interesting you say that about Pompeii, as an archaeologist who I follow on Twitter (Sophie Hay, @pompei79) is a Pompeii specialist who loves the graffiti and the walls.

Other have addressed the possibilities of digital decay in the comments here, but that's one potential concern. I also mentioned elsewhere that "historical records" are most often written by the victor, often have/serve an agenda, and overlook "everyday life". One of my frustrations with those who study the Maya are…

Agreed, and one reason we do archaeology in periods where records exist is to try and suss out the aspects of everyday life that aren't recorded. Not to mention that "history" is generally written by the winner.

I am an archaeologist and I often wonder about the role that recycling will have on the future archaeological record.

As an archaeologist, I can assure you that we barely have a handle on things from 1900 AD, much less 1000 AD. Writing and historic records are sources, lines of evidence, but that's all. And many, many parts of the world did not have those at all, or not in forms that are currently understood.

As a record "collector" (although I fancy myself more of a music fan and vinyl accumulator) and someone who digs the Mondo artwork, I can see myself picking this up and maybe even framing the cover. But I do already have other vinyl copies of the two best (Motown) songs on the soundtrack.

My work just got a small quadcopter (along with a GoPro) to experiment with, and there is open source flight planning software that includes way-point programming. You can essentially program it to auto-takeoff and auto-land too. Our model uses a GPS that can get a little under 2 meter accuracy, which still has a lot…

Ohhhh, Colonization! I think I only got to play that once or twice back in the day, but gonna add that to the list to give a run once I get the appropriate classic gaming computer set up.

For the most part, I'm at the point in my life where I display more than play, and collect vinyl figures more than action figures, so this is more up my alley. It also seems to be more along the lines of the Jumbo Machinders.

Oh wow. How can I justify this...Voltron was my favorite as a kid and I was able to cobble together one of the giant Voltrons in the late 90s with help from a friend who had remarkable thrift store luck.