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Blob is the Largest Object in the Universe
The largest object in the universe (at least, so far) is an enormous blob 200 million light-year wide, made up of galaxies and large bubbles of gas, called the Lyman Alpha Blob. Link (via Neatorama)
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DRM-Free Science Fiction eBooks
One intrepid blogger has started a list of sites which offer truly free (as opposed to DRM-crippled) science fiction ebooks. Got more good SF ebook sites? Add them to the comment section of the post. Link (via BoingBoing)
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Adding/Subtracting Planets
So instead of demoting Pluto to non-planetary status, there’s now a movement afoot to upgrade Charon, Ceres (which used to be considered a planet in the 1800s, then was downgraded), and the object known as 2003 UB313 (informally dubbed Xena). Lore Sjöberg over at Slumbering Lungfish has an amusing take on this: There’s a lot […]
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You Are in a Maze of Twisty Little Passages, All Alike
Inform is a program that helps you write “interactive fiction,” a la Zork. (For you whippersnappers who’ve never heard of Zork, here’s the Wikipedia entry about it. Kids today, with your fancy-schmancy graphics and your abundance of CPU cycles. In my day, all we had were a brass lantern and an Elvish sword, and we […]
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Blogger? I Hardly Knew ‘Er
The O*W*C has finally decided to sidle into the 21st Century with its own blog. Several of the hosts will be contributing, and we hope to cover a range of topics related to science fiction. Also squid. Anyway, welcome!