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Dharma Initiative Labels
I’ve never watched Lost because hello? I have a toddler. I haven’t had access to a television since he discovered Barney. For those of you who aren’t massively betoddlered and have some idea of what’s going on with the show, the folks at Insanely Great Tees have created downloadable labels so you can have your…
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2006 Nebula Final Ballot
The 2006 Nebulas will be awarded at the Nebula Awards Banquet at the Marriott, Financial Center in New York City on Saturday, May 12, 2007. Novels From the Files of the Time Rangers by Richard Bowes The Girl in the Glass by Jeffrey Ford The Privilege of the Sword by Ellen Kushner To Crush the…
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Net Neutrality Video
SaveTheInternet.com, a Net Neutrality activist group, have just released an excellent video in support of a new law that would make Net Neutrality the law of the land. As Cory Doctorow says, “If the people around you don’t understand Net Neutrality, show them this. Show this to five friends this weekend, sign them up, and…
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It’s Toast
Link (Yaknow, this would have made a great present for Chip’s birthday … )
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rofl n then she sed dbl dbl toil n trbl fire burn n cldrn bubbl n i wuz like wutever
The Scotsman reports that a Scottish firm has secured £40,000 for a project that amounts to “Macbeth: The Text Message.” Cameron Taylor, a partner in the firm, said: “You will be able to text Macbeth, the character, and interact with that body of content. It will tell you where to go to get another part…
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Geekiest. Crossword. Ever.
Kevin Kosbab of Mental_Floss became fluent in several synthetic languages in order to put together this crossword puzzle. In order to solve this crossword puzzle, you’ll need to know a bit of Klingon, Elvish, Furbish, Esperanto and a handful of other constructed languages. In fact, all of the solutions are in constructed languages. They helpfully…
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Indexed: Hilarious and Geeky Diagram Blog
This marvy little blog features funny and thoughtful musings on life through the medium of graphs and diagrams written on index cards. I especially like these:NourishingLife Sure Does Come At You FastScary Stories:::giggle:::(via Wil Wheaton)
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Textbook Disclaimer Stickers
These printable stickers are great for quietly slipping into textbooks, or just print the whole lot out and use it as a poster. This book was anonymously donated to your school library to discreetly promote religious alternatives to the theory of evolution. When you are finished with it, please refile the book in the fiction…
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The Grand List of Overused Science Fiction Cliches
This is a fairly big list, but it looks like the guy is still taking submissions. I’m sure this group could think of a few more…. 9. A virtual reality program is activated, and the distinction between reality and the program becomes confused or indistinguishable. 10. People connect their brains directly to computers and get…
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Public Domain Space Paintings
Some lovely paintings of space colonies and other cosmic scenes, from “a future we forgot to have,” have been granted a Creative Commons license by the artist, Donald Davis. He was commissioned to do these in the 70s by NASA, and is now turning them over to the public domain. There’s some really neat, evocative…