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Octosquid
Zyxt just sent me this link, with the comment, “Iggy’s got some ‘splaining to do.” Quite.Link
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Theremin Cover of “Crazy”
Randy George of The Aether and Ether Experiment has done a Theremin cover of Gnarls Barkley’s hit “Crazy.”Link (via BoingBoing)
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If You Like… Redux
Aaaaaargh. I am a terrible person who never keeps promises. I’d been planning to do a series of “If You Like…” posts, but I never seem to carve out enough time to give them the attention they deserve. To that end, I’m going to post some suggestions gathered from a couple of chats, without comment.…
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Blade Runner Turns 25
Yow. Mythbuster Adam Savage has done an “appreciation” piece about the movie and its effects in Popular Mechanics. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Top Science Pop Songs
New Scientist Magazine is asking its readers to help compile a list of the top ten pop songs about science. From the threat of nuclear war: “You’d better watch out, you’d better beware, Albert says that E equals MC squared”; to the wonder of heterosexual love: “XX XY, That’s why it’s you and me. Your…
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Berserked
Via Harlan Ellison … Fred Saberhagen passed away in his home in Albuquerque NM on the afternoon of 29 June. The family will announce a date for a Memorial Celebration later this year. In lieu of flowers donations would be appreciated to any of the following – Doctors without Borders. Catholic Relief, SFWA Emergency Medical…
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The Philosopher’s Stone for Genetics
Craig Venter and his team have come up with a genome transplantation method that transforms one type of bacteria into another, dictated by the transplanted chromosome. In other words, one species turns into a different one. Venter said further: Now we know we can boot up a chromosome system. It doesn’t matter if the DNA…
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Cory Doctorow Podcasts The Hacker Crackdown
Having run through all of his own work, Cory Doctorow has started podcasting others’. He’s starting with Bruce Sterling’s seminal The Hacker Crackdown, which inspired any number of us little proto-geeks.I don’t pay much attention to podcasts, but I’ve heard Doctorow read at the occasional Worldcon panel and he does a pretty good job.Link
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USB Doorbell
ThinkGeek, whom I love to the point of inappropriateness anyway, has fulfilled a long-standing dream of mine: To have a doorbell that screams like the one in Murder By Death. Connect the USB Doorbell to your computer and upload up to 30 seconds of your favorite sound effect, song, or movie clip. Change it as…
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Think Artificial
Here’s a neat blog I just stumbled across, devoted to AI, robotics, and “exciting technologies.”Link