So the new Tor.com is out, and it is pretty snazzy. For those of you who haven’t been following, Tor has, for months now, been teasing the sci-fi community with freebie fiction and wallpaper giveaways, all building up to their new vision for a sci-fi/fantasy/horror/bizarro clearinghouse. You ask me, I think its plans for the [...]

Well, the Second Life simulacrum of the sun, anyway. Via the MMO experience that has become a haven for furries and pain-free BDSM is now also sponsoring a solar eclipse that we in the West would otherwise miss. From the article at CNet: Second Life users can view the 45-minute Webcast, starting at 3:30 a.m. PDT August 1, [...]