June 26

From Gnomon Chronicles
Strawberries (26 June 2023) @ 7:02 pm.

Better Than News

  • Indiana Jones and the Oompa-Loompas of Doom is an American musical action-fantasy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder.

    Indiana Jones and the Oompa-Loompas of Doom is an American musical action-fantasy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder.

  • Graffitifellas is an American biographical comedy-drama gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, and starring Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Liotta, and Ron Howard.

    Graffitifellas is an American biographical comedy-drama gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese and George Lucas, and starring Robert De Niro, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Liotta, and Ron Howard.

  • Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.

    Jacob's Flatline is a 1990 American psychological horror film directed by Joel Schumacher and Adrian Lyne.

  • Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

    Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

  • Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.

    Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.

Beyond Plausible

  • Honest Wife is a comedy political heist thriller television series starring Julianna Margulies and Liam Neeson.

    Honest Wife is a comedy political heist thriller television series starring Julianna Margulies and Liam Neeson.

In Other Words

Are You Sure

... that computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes made numerous pioneering contributions to computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing?

... that Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.

    1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".

  • 1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

    1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

  • 1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

    1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

  • 1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.

    1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.

  • 2020: Accidental self portrait @ 8:28 pm.

    2020: Accidental self portrait @ 8:28 pm.

Topic of the Day

Philip K. Dick

  • Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.

    Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.

  • Do Elons Dream of Electric Jeep? is a novel by mechanical engineer Chip "Pink Riddle" Kid about a post-petroleum economy where Earth's billionaires have been replaced by androids, leaving most millionaires endangered or extinct. The main plot follows [REDACTED], a Dot-Com Boom millionaire who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. stealing and reverse-engineering) six escaped Nexus-6 model Jeep Electric Autonomous Vehicles.

    Do Elons Dream of Electric Jeep? is a novel by mechanical engineer Chip "Pink Riddle" Kid about a post-petroleum economy where Earth's billionaires have been replaced by androids, leaving most millionaires endangered or extinct. The main plot follows [REDACTED], a Dot-Com Boom millionaire who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. stealing and reverse-engineering) six escaped Nexus-6 model Jeep Electric Autonomous Vehicles.

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