NASA is talking about sending Discovery up in late spring. They're also considering further rolling back the number of shuttle launchs in hopes of retiring the fleet sooner. Read the full story.

A conversation about using wikis or blogs to run an online role-playing campaign. Read the full story.

My audio-starved commuter brain has been greedily drinking down podcasts for a few days now, and I've found - and continue to find - the entire phenomenon to be invigorating. I've also found quite a few podcasts worth listening to.

The ogres review Avalon Hill's new haunted house board game. Read the full story.

There's nothing conclusive yet, but scientists have found evidence of lakes on Titan. If these lakes pan out, it would be proof that the moon has a hydrosphere, albiet one that's radically different from Earth's. Read the full story.

A reviewer gets his hands on one of Apple's new color, photo-displaying iPods and gives his initial thoughts on the machine. Read the full story.

Hallmark officially released its Christmas 2004 tree ornaments earlier this month, so naturally that brings to mind thoughts of what to do with this year's edition of the Geek Tree.

I finally got off my ass and installed iPodderX on my Mac yesterday morning, and spent my last two morning commutes listening to podcasts from around the net (and the world). Podcasting rocks. Really it does. Everyone should be doing this, and in this blog entry, I'll talk about how you can join in. But first, I'll answer the question I'm sure some of you have -- what the hell is a podcast?

The new "iPod Photo" features a color screen and the ability to display photographs imported from your hard drive. And yes, I do want one. Read the full story.

The probe's atmosphere-penetrating instruments haven't answered any of the big questions yet -- like whether Titan has liquid oceans -- but has returned the most detailed pictures yet of the moon's surface. Read the full story.