Today I went to a special screening of the documentary, “The 11th Hour” that talks about global warming and related economic aspects as well as solutions to overcome not only our dependence on fossil fuels, but also problems with population explosion and our impact on the earth. It was a good film and quite informative since it featured interviews with several scientists and experts working in this field. I was perhaps a wee bit disappointed that the movie did not feature more data to back up the claims of the experts. Still, I thought it was a good overview of the problem and what needs to be done to solve it. A good Q&A session followed the movie.
I got stuck having to set up and maintain a booth for Engineers Without Borders when the others who were supposed to be with me couldn’t make it to the event on time. But I’ll let that one slip. What did piss me off was Sci-Fi’s decision to only air a preview of the new Battlestar Galactica episode online. The website said it was going to be a preview but they never mentioned how long it was going to be. Further, the stream started off like a normal BSG episode and continued until the second commercial break. Then BAM! the episode ended. Frak you scifi.com, frak you hard. Did Intel not not want to sponsor the rest of the episode?