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.