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Herding Cats
There is actually a wine brand named Herding Cats. I want. Underdog Wine Merchants sound like my kind of people :-) Link (Sixth paragraph down) (When we went on the winery trip during ConJose, Bonny Doon was one of the best little wineries we visited. I even bought a bottle of their Cardinal Zin, just…
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A Politician Who Gets It
For those unfamiliar with it, Second Life is an online community rather reminiscent of the virtual world in Stephenson’s Snow Crash. Yesterday former governor of Virginia and undeclared presidential condidate Mark Warner made a whistle stop speech in avatar form there. I’m impressed with this, because it’s the first example I’ve seen of a pol…
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Beasts
I love these people with so much time on their hands … http://www.funpic.hu/funblog/allatok/allatok.html
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Upcoming Worldcons
(Already posted on the O*W*C message boards – I forgot about our new toy here ) Denver to host 2008 WorldCon Denvention III will be the 66th World Science Fiction Convention. It will be held August 6 – 10, 2008. The Guests of Honor will be Lois McMaster Bujold, Tom Whitmore, and Wil McCarthy. In…
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Drooooooool…
This is what Chip wants for her birthday: A very, very big computer monitor: 110″ to 200″ screen sizes, resolutions up to 19,200 x 2,400 pixels, ultra-widescreen format, bluetooth connectivity, optional touch-screen capability, and more! Link (via Neatorama)
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A Short History of Hacking
Neatorama has an interesting look at the history of hacking: Fiddling with modern technology used to mean prank calling the Pope. (Hey, Steve Jobs did it, and now he’s the CEO of Apple!) But these days, it can mean hacking your way into some serious prison time, jeopardizing national security, or worse. So when exactly…
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To Boldly Go…Oh, Not Again
More than forty years after the original Star Trek series was cancelled, a group of fans is resurrecting it…by acting as Kirk, Spock, and McCoy and financing the cost of production themselves. From their FAQ: Q. What is the premise of the new show? A. The new show will be the continuing voyages of Captain…
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Supernova Caught Exploding
Teams of international scientists have used observations from NASA’s Swift satellite and other telescopes to witness the evolution of a cosmic blast into a stellar explosion or supernova. It is the second-closest gamma-ray burst ever detected and the first view of a supernova in the act of exploding, according to the astronomers. Link
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…And We’re Back
WorldCon was splendid, and there’ll be a Hugo wrap-up discussion next Wednesday (Sept. 6) in the O*W*C chat room.
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HOWTO: Run an SF Convention Room Party
Teresa Nielsen Hayden, who has run many successful room parties at cons, has just posted detailed instructions on how to run a large room party. How to bribe a bartender: First, make sure no one else is within earshot. Then, say “How much would I have to bribe you to turn down the music?” Be…