12.4.05
Books and Authors
In the process of preparing this list for someone else I thought it might
be of small interest here too:
3 favourite books (in random order)
Christopher Moore - Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood
Pal
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman - Good Omens
Neal Stephenson - Snow Crash
SF Authors to read (mostly UK):
Peter F. Hamilton
Alistair Reynolds
Charles Stross
Jon C. Wright
Ken Macleod
Jon Courtney Grimwood
Richard Morgan
China Mieveille
Neal L. Asher
M John Harrison
Cory Doctorow
Iain M. Banks
Bruce Sterlin
William Gibson
Ian Mcdonald
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere is being adapted into a graphic novel. The series (beginning in June) is being adapted by Mike Carey (Lucifer, Hellblazer) under Neil’s guidance with art by Glenn Fabry.
The Postmodernism Generator: Communications From Elsewhere
Communications From Elsewhere
Now reload your browser. And again. Hee hee. A Lucky Find(tm)
11.4.05
MLP
Wired News: Windmills in the Sky
Mail Order Husbands
Things we were not meant to find - Cosmic particle accelerator 20 light years across found in centre of galaxy
Le section a Kirsten
- Wacky kids at NASA come up with semi-autonomous robotic insect swarms
- Opera announces platform-independent real-time speech technology
In a similar vein - Google introduces Google Gulp - smart drinks the way they were meant to be. "Dude, it's like you've never even heard of viral marketing.
The Great Apes: A Mini-Biography
Metallic Glass - The coolest thing since cosmic particle accelerators.
Puki: The Swarm - think of the children (and giggle)
5.4.05
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
Digitally Imported provides some excellent streaming techno/trance. And they have a guide too.
Tories blast PM for 'spineless' response to Iran
Ewww. Of course, they would act no different than the Libruls if they were in power but it is never the less creepy to find myself agreeing with words coming out of the mouth of Stephen Harper. I am impure.
New Arguments Against P2P: The Phony Moral Debate
Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture thinks that the majors think that they are going to lose with the Supremes. Their new tactic? Moral outrage. Yup, the record companies are preparing to teach you how to behave in a moral fashion. Well, I wish them luck - there may be something to what they say, but there is a great heapin' pile of irony there.
2.4.05
Amaztype zeitgeist
Another cool interface thing used as an information-dense presentation tool. Again done using a flash UI. Keywords displayed as a collage of images with drill-downs. Here is one for Neil Gaiman.
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