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Annotated Tim Powers
Secret Histories is a huge 600-page annotated bibliography of the work of Tim Powers, whose great talent is weaving plausible fiction into the interstices of historical fact. The publisher has made a large chunk of the book available for free download. We’re so proud of Secret Histories that we want everyone to know what it’s…
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Hardware Wars
The last time I saw this was some time in the early 80s, when one of the coolest teachers I ever had brought it in on a videotape that also featured Bambi Meets Godzilla. Lo, I am nostalgic.
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:::sigh:::
Bloody Disgusting reports that 20th Century Fox has a remake of Alien planned. Join me, won’t you please, in a bit of boggling over why anybody thinks this is a good idea. And then let’s get some torches and pitchforks. (via Topless Robot)
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AI is Upon Us
Wolfram|Alpha has come online. It looks a bit like a search engine, but its stated purpose is “making the world’s knowledge computable.” Wolfram|Alpha’s long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. We aim to collect and curate all objective data; implement every known model, method, and algorithm; and make…
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How it Should Have Ended
“Sometimes movies don’t finish the way we’d like.” These guys rectify that. Here’s a sample: Link (via The Crotchety Old Fan)
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Klingon Anti-Virus
I know nothing of Sophos Labs and the efficacy of their anti-virus software. But I may buy it just because they have a Klingon version. (And I’d sort of like to work for them, because clearly their management has the right attitude.) Why did we translate it into Klingon? Our routine monitoring of sub-space transmissions…
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Pretty.
Photographer Thierry Legault took this image of the Atlantis shuttle in front of the sun. There’s a larger version and several more photos at his site. The shuttle looks so teeny against that big ball of gas, and realizing that it’s millions of miles closer really overwhelms you with size. It’s a very poetic image,…
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Link Dump
Strange Animals – YouTube clip. It’s plainly a hoax, but it’s neat. Science Fiction Drinking Games – Rules for various SF-related drinking games, such as: The Star Trek Drinking Game: A newly discovered planet is “Much like Earth” Star Wars TV – With lightsaber remote! Stargate Wedding Cake – Lovely cake design. The Economics of…
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Meet “The Link”
Ida is a darling of the news right now, with a shiny new Website, an upcoming special on The History Channel, and enough coverage in the blogosphere to choke a cybernetic horse. It’s not without reason; she’s the most perfect primate fossil ever found: Her skeleton is almost 100% complete. Around the skeleton is a…
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The Robot Song
I know that posting two YouTube clips in a row is kind of a cop-out. I don’t care. This makes me giggle.