Armor For the Fight Against Terror
Posted on July 28th, 2007 by Carlos
There Is Hope, Culture // Have your say »Ready to lay the smackdown on those e-vile terrorists, but not sure what you should wear? Cory Doctorow has the answer: this spiffy tee! Note: be sure to click on the image so you can read the small print around the image of the eagle. ZOMG!
When I went to the web page, they were already […]
The Bionic Man Is Also an Iraq War Veteran
Posted on July 24th, 2007 by Carlos
Cool Technology // Have your say »Really and truly. This man’s computerized hand and arm read the electrical impulses coming from the muscles in his arm that would have moved his biological hand, and duplicates the action. In other words: his mind makes the robot hand work.
Watch the video, courtesy of AP.
The One-Sentence, No-Spoiler Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Carlos
Books // Have your say »First half — meh; second half — yes!
(I am going to wait a little while longer before I post a longer review; don’t want to risk spoiling the book for anyone. But c’mon slowpokes, get reading. My love and I finished it in less than two days, and we were reading aloud to each other!)
Even Zombies Need a Balanced Diet
Posted on July 23rd, 2007 by Carlos
Culture // 1 FeedbackI found this on 7 Deadly Sinners, which in turn got it from Threadless. I had no idea lungs were so important to the zombie diet.
The Best Use Yet for Second Life
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Carlos
Culture, Cool Technology // 1 FeedbackThis little piece of machinima by artist Robbie Dingo is literally one of the most moving things I’ve seen published on the InterWebs. And, on a different note, it also displays Second Life at its best. I was frustrated by Second Life because I tried to use it in my Comp. II class in […]
Let Us All Go Run With the Bulls
Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Carlos
Yikes!, Culture // Have your say »Thank you, Reuters. Never again going to think to myself “Wouldn’t it be fun to run with the bulls?”
The Green Revolution’s Guru
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Carlos
There Is Hope // Have your say »The gentleman on the right is Norman Borlaug, and he has just been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being one of the principle architects of the “Green Revolution.” It’s not exactly the kind of “Green” you’re thinking; it specifically has to do with fighting hunger, not generic environmentalism. His work on improving wheat yields […]
How Conservatives on Both Sides of the Pond Escalate Ill-Will and Precipitate Culture Wars (and Sometimes Real Wars)
Posted on July 17th, 2007 by Carlos
Culture // Have your say »The good folks who brought the world the “World Without Zionism” conference in 2005 have now released a video game called (according to the AP’s crack translators) “Rescue the Nuke Scientist.” In the game, the evil Americans capture a pair of married nuclear scientists (?!), and it’s the job of the good guys (i.e. the […]
Strange Horizons: The Best Online Sci-Fi Magazine?
Posted on July 15th, 2007 by Carlos
For Writers // Have your say »I haven’t checked every online sci-fi mag in existence, so I suppose I can’t answer this question with absolute scientific certainty. But I am guessing yes. Strange Horizons is an Internet success story: the work they publish gets nominated for the biggest awards in speculative fiction (Hugo, Nebula, etc.); they have built a lively […]
Two New Literary Market Clearinghouses
Posted on July 15th, 2007 by Carlos
For Writers // Have your say »Hey gang, updating with two good (and very different) places on the web to help you find markets for your writing.
#1 — Mary Anne Mohanraj’s Collection of Literary Markets. This is a personal and very helpful assemblage of markets from a very busy writer. You may not agree with every single rating she has given […]
