Think You Can Solve a Murder?

It's not as easy as it looks on TV. Spike's new series takes crime fans and gives them the opportunity to work on a real homicide case. (Previously solved, and recreated in detail). They're also kind enough to post full episodes online over at iFilm.com.

This is about as realistic as you are going to get without joining the force, but it's still not totally realistic. In the above episode they give their teams 90 minutes to do the scene work on a double homicide. This is a scene that would take 8 to 16 hours to do properly. Now they don't have to do all the work that a real crime scene team would do, but 90 minutes is still a pretty short time.

EPIC School 2008

EPIC School 2008: "EPIC School of Evidence Photography and Imaging at Imaging USA EPIC and the EPIC School will be joining Professional Photographers of America (PPA), the Society of Sport and Event Photographers (SEP) and Commercial Photographers International (CPI) at Imaging USA, January 6-8, 2008 in Tampa, Florida."

These guys have always put on a decent show, and the new joint conference format will offer attendees even more opportunities. Florida in January isn't bad either.

University of Texas - Webcast entitled "DNA in Hollywood"

University of Texas - Webcast entitled "DNA in Hollywood": "On September 14, 2007 at 7 pm (central) Dr. David Hillis is a MacArthur Award-winning scientist will talk about his contribution to real world CSI and his ideas for a new hand held machine that could identify any living thing using a sample of tissue."