CMN has just learned that author Michael Crichton has lost his battle with cancer.

Jurassic Park was one of those books, and even more so movie, that gave me as a student of Paleontology goose bumps. To see dinos walking around in the flesh would be astounding, and Crichton offered a world where it could exist.

In slightly less depressing news, the podcast for Zack and Miri Make a Porno is up. The podcast series may be ending soon as there is a big announcement inside so give it a listen.