Warren Ellis's Blog, page 119

Damaged Long Ago By The "Bilbo Baggins" Video

can someone else confirm that I'm seeing this please

Off To London MCM Expo Tomorrow

Where I'm signing, at Comics Village, between 2pm and 3pm.

Lots to do until then, so it's reduced broadcasting between now and Sunday night.

This is what MCM Expo looks like.

(image: Bleeding Cool)

Misery Loves

Little comic by Stuart Immonen.

Bookmarks for 2011-05-26

Scientists turn human skin cells directly into neurons, skipping IPS stage
"Human skin cells can be converted directly into functional neurons in a period of four to five weeks with the addition of just four proteins, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The finding is significant because it bypasses the need to first create induced pluripotent stem cells, and may make it much easier to generate patient- or disease-specific neurons for study in a laboratory dish."
(tags:med )

British Summer TimeSimon Crubellier

British Summer Time

Simon Crubellier

THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY

There weren't any rubber suits.

THE UNITED MONSTER TALENT AGENCY – Greg Nicotero by davehouseofhorrors

(Via Ed Brubaker)

Veronica IbarraDartmoor Forest print

Veronica Ibarra

Dartmoor Forest
print

Ourobonic Plague

It's a slate-dark late afternoon shot through with icechip rain.  On a day like today, what I really want to listen to is some overcast, disorienting space drone coming from the inside of a broken DEFENDER arcade machine.

And l found it, too. Lovely.

SPIRITS /// GREMLINS by OUROBONIC PLAGUE

The Welsh Space Programme

Jess Nevins found something wonderfully mad:

During the early days of space flight it wasn't just the Soviet Union and the USA breaking new ground.

The Welsh Space programme scored some remarkable firsts including the first monkey in space – a Mwncinaut called Major Tom…

Somewhere, Matt Jones of BERG is smiling.  Welshly.

Bookmarks for 2011-05-26

UK and European space agencies give a go for Skylon spaceplane
AFTER THIRTY YEARS! "The Skylon, which is being developed at the Oxfordshire-based Reaction Engines in the UK, is an unpiloted and reusable spacecraft that can launch into Low Earth Orbit after taking off from a conventional runway."
(tags:space )
New biomaterial more closely mimics human tissue
A new biomaterial designed for repairing damaged human tissue doesn't wrinkle up when it is stretched. The invention from nanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego marks a significant breakthrough in tissue engineering because it more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue.
(tags:med tech )
Europe honours Einstein with space freighter
"The fourth of Europe's robot freighters, due to be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in early 2013, has been named after Albert Einstein, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Thursday."
(tags:space )