Doug Rushkoff on DIY currencies at B² (tagged: currency money economy research ) NEW MATH by Craig Damrauer via DF: worth a link, for sure. worth a few minutes for a smile and a chuckle. (tagged: design visualization graphics humor math ) iPhone Wrestling Smackdown: WWE vs. TNA via The Apple Blog: tempting… if only […]
Nutella Frosted Cupcakes at Al Dente: oh man, these look dangerously good… (tagged: Nutella food todo ) Philip K. Dick Award Winners Announced: A Tie Between Castro and Walton at Omnivoracious (tagged: PKD literature scifi todo ) Daring Fireball: Complex at DF: Gall’s law raises hard questions. Where do you start? How small? How simple? […]
So sorry, I am not worthy of the honor of reviewing this novel. If however, my Lord insists it, then I shall endeavor to offer up some humble thoughts regarding its mighty, even epic narrative. Neh? The scope is so vast, the characters and settings are so many, the head is liable to spin at […]
After a long and humiliating training, my “brother” Jedi and myself are ready for our first assignments. Our mission? To pilot and defend a re-purposed, Corellian-equivalent of a school bus, taking it and its Rebel contents from one secret encampment to another. The Rebellion is young and the Empire still spreading its tentacles – Order […]
The whole “Extended Family” (plus “the new favorites”) is here for the occasion. The whole old school SMCM crew. It’s a pot luck and everyone has pulled put all the stops. There’s a little bit of everything: spicy beef tips, a herbed crusty bread, an Indian dish with lots of curry… I’ve dropped off my […]
I am dutifully reporting that I am swiping and re-posting this as it appears here in Precious Roy’s Flickr photostream: The description that appears under the photo on Flickr: The title was: “What happened to the dinosaurs?” (bonus points for the elephant humping the dino/reptile, though) Keith and I were two of the judges at […]
Mostly for Pete, a follow-up to a thread on Facebook today… The co-worker’s terminal font (click to make big): Now I used to have a big fat crush on Andale Mono but how could that be easy on the eyes? The painfully mucky tilde, the one digit and the lowercase L practically indistinguishable! And at […]
Easter Bunny knit dissection at B²: hilarity! (tagged: Easter knitting funny ) Data Robotics goes large with 8-bay DroboPro Always popular, now with rack-mount options, iSCSI, and way more storage. (tagged: Drobo ) Ammo shortage continues nationwide at Asheville Citizen-Times: welcome back to the carnival of the absurd, folks! (tagged: surreal dangerous disconnected-from-reality news ) […]
Peanut Butter Ice Cream with White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups *d*r*o*o*l* (tagged: food todo ) Federations Another great-looking anthology compiled and edited by John Joseph Adams. Plus a few free samples up on the site. (tagged: scifi fiction free todo ) Free remarkable short sf from Paolo Bacigalupe via B² — I tend to like […]