Exasperated Calculator: Star Trek & Economics
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 237? days to go
Yes, new countdown. This is based on the ‘early Fall’ date mentioned by the head of CBS. The news, other than I hope the show is going to be out before November, is that the [captain has been cast](http://io9.gizmodo.com/jason-isaacs-is-star-trek-discoverys-new-captain-but-n-1793044813?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29): > The U.S.S. Discovery has welcomed aboard its captain. CBS has just confirmed that Jason Isaacs…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery: ??? days to go
Today’s [news](http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/18/14312680/star-trek-discovery-delayed) has two parts: Star Trek: Discovery, CBS’ upcoming addition to the long running sci-fi series, has been delayed again. There’s now no release date for the show beyond ‘when it’s ready’. And then: CBS confirmed today that James Frain would play Spock’s father. (I’ll leave aside that when Mark Lenard portrayed the 2260s…
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Pretty Mapping of Australia using R
I’ve recently been experimenting with Data Visualisation in R. As part of that I’ve put together a little bit of (probably error ridden and redundant) code to help mapping of Australia. First, my code is built on a foundation from [Luke’s guide to building maps of Australia in R](http://lukesingham.com/map-of-australia-using-osm-psma-and-shiny/), and [this guide to making pretty…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 164 days to go
Another sliver of news, this time [casting for a lead](http://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-discovery-casts-the-walking-deads-sonequa-ma-1790119455): Star Trek: Discovery has finally found its Number One: Sonequa Martin-Green. […] She’s Lieutenant Commander Rainsford Another actor I’m not very familiar with (geek confession: I don’t watch *The Walking Dead*, it’s just never appealed very much to me). I think the idea of not…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 179 days to go
More [news](http://io9.gizmodo.com/bryan-fuller-makes-it-very-clear-that-hes-no-longer-inv-1789612446?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29), this time a bit more worrying. Even though it had been said that Bryan Fuller would remain an executive producer for Star Trek: Discovery, Fuller is now clarifying that the only work he will do on season one of the show is what he’s already done. This suggests that there’s a lot more…
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Countdown to Star Trek Discovery – 181 days to go
Big [news]() today is some information on casting. We have three roles: – Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou. Weirdly, captain of the Shenzhou, not the Discovery. Most famous for Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, this is a big name for the cast, although probably a more minor role. – Doug Jones as Lieutenant Saru. Has hardly…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery: 257 days to go
What’s that you say? Wasn’t the counter at 171 days a month ago. [News today](http://io9.gizmodo.com/star-trek-discovery-has-been-delayed-until-may-2017-1786641176?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+io9%2Ffull+%28io9%29) is that Discovery has been delayed until May 2017. I’m using 31 May as the date until I get better information. Overall, not too worried about this. With no news on casting or filming a January release had been looking…
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Quick Reviews of the other 17 rides I went on in Orlando
While in Orlando I also visited Kennedy Space Centre, SeaWorld and Universal Studios Florida. Kennedy Space Centre Shuttle Launch Experience – using a ride vehicle very reminiscent of Star Tours at Disney, a fairly realistic (or so we’re told) simulation of what it’s like to be in a shuttle as it’s launching. A SeaWorld Manta…
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Quick reviews of the 14 rides I went on at Disney World
I’m on holiday at the moment, so a good chance to do something a bit unusual for this blog and do reviews of the rides I went on at Disney World. Epcot Frozen Ever After – Epcot’s current ‘line around the block’ big ride. The only thing this ride has going for it is the…
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Countdown to Star Trek: Discovery – 171 days to go
A few [more pieces of information](http://www.polygon.com/tv/2016/8/11/12433320/bryan-fuller-star-trek-tcas) came out this week, giving a better picture of how the show is going to be. * The lead of the show will be a female Star Fleet lieutenant. This is interesting, in that all the previous shows have had the captain of the ship (or station) as the…