Tonight we welcome Vikings actor George Blagden to io9 to live blog about all things drenched with salt water and blood. Blagden, who you may remember from Les Misérables and Wrath of the Titans, plays the character Athelstan, a loan monk who was spared from the great Monk slaughtering that took place when Ragnar and …
Live Coverage of the End of the World
Today is the first day of the end of the world, according to the predictions of unquestionably sane biblical mathematician Harold Camping—and we're bringing you to the Whore of Babylon herself, New York City, live via web stream. Watch as Christian souls are raptured to the sky! Listen as the angels sound the seven…
Hell Yes - It's the Friday Night Battlestar Commenter Liveblog
There was so much weird family bickering in last week's Battlestar Galactica episode that we thought we were reading Brideshead Revisited. Now you can tell us what you think as tonight's episode unfolds. Spoilers ahead!
Liveblogging the Battlestar Premiere
Later this evening, I will be joining a group of anonymous Battlestar fans at an undisclosed San Francisco location. Ice cream will be eaten. And then the screen will glow, and I will begin to liveblog the awesomest science fiction television moment of 2008. The fourth and final season of Battlestar! Look for the…
Science Nerds Crush Boston at AAAS, Starting Tomorrow
As you read this, I'm on a plane zooming to Boston where I will meet up with a zillion other science geeks at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. I'm speaking on a panel about science blogging on Saturday afternoon, along with several other distinguished panelists including…
