Another Friday rolls around and I’ve got schlock load of links to share.
By tags…
Tagged AI
Tagged Art
- Arts, Inc: how the DMCA, Clear Channel and copyright extension are killing culture – Boing Boing
- robert mcginnis – a set on Flickr
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: The ‘Responsibility’ of Cover Art
Tagged Book+Review
Tagged Criticism
Tagged Fandom
Tagged Fantasy
Tagged FermisParadox
- Fermi’s paradox – FritzWiki
- Sentient Developments: A year ago on SentDev: <i>The Drake Equation is obsolete</i>
- Sentient Developments: The Fermi Paradox: Back with a vengeance
Tagged FreeWare
- Copy Handler: speed up and control file copying and moving operations – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- Featured Windows Download: Word Count Analyzes Word Frequency
- Open Source DCoT Application – Word Counter | Daily Cup of Tech
Tagged Genre
- Michael Chabon, fan fiction and comic book culture Michael Saler TLS
- SF Signal: The SF/F Genre Will Eat Itself
Tagged OpenSource
- Featured Windows Download: Word Count Analyzes Word Frequency
- JODConverter | Art of Solving
- Open Source DCoT Application – Word Counter | Daily Cup of Tech
- Prototype of machine that copies itself goes on show
- SourceForge.net: AutomateIT!
Tagged Reading
Tagged SF
- A cold look at The Cold Equations
- IRoSF: Tumble Junket to the Planet Barrayar
- Rant: “Technology is Another Version of Communism or Aliens or a Large Praying Mantis”
- reddit.com: what are the best scifi blogs/sites other than io9.com
- Science Fiction Authors, Revolt from Wikipedia! | Evil Genius Chronicles
- SF Signal: The SF/F Genre Will Eat Itself
- Shoeboy’s Law of science fiction series « Secular Apostasy
- Sound and fury, signifying …?
- The Machine Girl: New Japanese Trailer For Machine Girl Is Full Of Bloody Goodness
- they must need bears
Tagged Tech+Watch
- GPS gadgets can reveal more than your location – tech – 03 June 2008 – New Scientist Tech
- Inflatable electric car can drive off cliffs
- Nanoengineers created blackest-ever black metal – Boing Boing
- Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable
- New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities
- New, flexible computers use displays with any shape
- Prototype of machine that copies itself goes on show
- RepRap universal constructor achieves self-replication – Boing Boing
- Review: Finally a useful digital pen
Tagged TransHumanism
- A satirical rendering of Transhumanism. | MetaFilter
- IEEE Spectrum: Economics Of The Singularity
- IEEE Spectrum: Signs of the Singularity
Tagged Video
Tagged WebComic
Tagged Writing
- Add Spark to Your Writing With These 3 Simple Tweaks | Copyblogger
- Building Character(s) (DeepGenre)
- Featured Windows Download: Word Count Analyzes Word Frequency
- Fiction Factor – Does Your Novel Have a Pulse?
- Fiction Factor – How to End Your Novel
- Open Source DCoT Application – Word Counter | Daily Cup of Tech
- ProsePlease s deviantART Journal
- Pub Rants: Foiled By Whether This Is The Back Cover Copy Or Not
- Pub Rants: Hardcover vs Original Trade Paperback
- SF Signal: The SF/F Genre Will Eat Itself
- Shoeboy’s Law of science fiction series « Secular Apostasy
- Short Fiction Factor – Getting Your Short Fiction Published
- Stonepile Writers
- The Obligatory Scene (DeepGenre)
- The Pinocchio Theory
- The Pinocchio Theory » Blog Archive » Some thoughts on “character�
- they must need bears
- they must need bears – thirteen things to do when you run out of plot:**
- Whatever » The Big Idea: N.M. Kelby
And then the list:
Links:
- 10 Object Oriented Design Principles | Livrona (ObjectOriented,Design,CheatSheet)
- A 13th century social network | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com (Medieval,Society,SocialNetwork,Analysis)
- A cold look at The Cold Equations (SF,Book,Review)
- A New Way to Think About Earth’s First Cells (Life,OriginOfLife,Evolution,Biology,Model)
- A satirical rendering of Transhumanism. | MetaFilter (TransHumanism,MetaFilter)
- Add Spark to Your Writing With These 3 Simple Tweaks | Copyblogger (Writing)
- Arts, Inc: how the DMCA, Clear Channel and copyright extension are killing culture – Boing Boing (DMCA,Copyright,Culture,Book,Politics,News,Music,Art,Design,BoingBoing)
- Books: Michael Chabon Defends His Genre-Bending Ways (Author,Interview)
- Building Character(s) (DeepGenre) (Writing,Character)
- CodeSpell Launch Interview at SF Novelists (Author,Interview,Fantasy)
- Cognitive scientist on optical illusions and seeing into the future – Boing Boing (Neuroscience,Perception,Psychology,BoingBoing)
- Copy Handler: speed up and control file copying and moving operations – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (FileSystem,Tool,Utility,FreeWare,Review,Ms.Windows)
- Dark Roasted Blend: Angel Falls: The World’s Highest Waterfall (Waterfall)
- del.icio.us tag cleaner (Del.icio.us,Tag,Tool)
- Entertainment industry accuses campus laser-printers of downloading Indiana Jones – Boing Boing (Copyright,Entertainment,Hollywood,BoingBoing)
- Featured Windows Download: Word Count Analyzes Word Frequency (Writing,WordSmithy,Tool,Utility,Word,FreeWare,OpenSource,LifeHacker)
- Fermi’s paradox – FritzWiki (FermisParadox,Fritz,FritzWiki)
- Fiction Factor – Does Your Novel Have a Pulse? (Writing,Novel)
- Fiction Factor – How to End Your Novel (Writing,Novel)
- girls with slingshots (WebComic)
- GPS gadgets can reveal more than your location – tech – 03 June 2008 – New Scientist Tech (Watch,Microsoft,Tech,GPS)
- IEEE Spectrum: Economics Of The Singularity (Singularity,Economics,TransHumanism)
- IEEE Spectrum: Signs of the Singularity (Singularity,TransHumanism,Futurism)
- IEEE Spectrum: The Consciousness Conundrum (Singularity,Consciousness,AI)
- Inflatable electric car can drive off cliffs (Watch,Tech,Transportation,Automotive)
- InfoQ: Erlang – software for a concurrent world (Concurrent,SoftwareDevelopment)
- Interactive Graphic – How Different Groups Voted in the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries – Politics – NYTimes.com (Watch,Politics,2008,USA,Interactive,Graphic,Poll,Results)
- Interview: Why our brains are so clumsy – being-human – 30 May 2008 – New Scientist (Brain,Neuroscience,Evolution,Interview)
- Introduction to Eclipse 3.4 (Ganymede) – Tutorial (Eclipse,HowTo,IDE,Intro,Java,Tutorial)
- IRoSF: Tumble Junket to the Planet Barrayar (SF,Author,Interview)
- JODConverter | Art of Solving (OpenOffice,Document,Converter,OpenSource,Ms.Office,Java)
- Kung Fu Monkey: “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You …” (2008,Watch,Politics,USA)
- Little Brother’s ParanoidLinux now under development – Boing Boing (Linux,Privacy,Surveillance,BoingBoing)
- Map Projections: Polyhedral Maps (Geometry,PaperCraft,Polygon,Map,Printable,World)
- Michael Chabon, fan fiction and comic book culture Michael Saler TLS (Genre,FanFiction,Comics,Criticism,History,PopCulture,Publishing)
- Microsoft turnabout on XP follows user demands (Watch,Microsoft,Ms.Windows,Ms.XP)
- Modern Mechanix: Inside the Flying Wing (40s,Tech,AeroSpace,Photo)
- MoonScape – Relative Risks of Disasters (Risk,LiveJournal)
- More Than Issues, Candidates Hurt Democratic Presidential Ambitions In 2000, 2004 (Watch,Politics,USA,Voting,50s,00s,Study,Results)
- Nanoengineers created blackest-ever black metal – Boing Boing (Watch,Tech,NanoTech,MetaMaterial,MaterialScience,Energy,Heat,Physics,BoingBoing)
- Nanotech process produces plastics that are 10 times more stretchable (Watch,Tech,NanoTech,MaterialScience)
- New data show patients using AVONEX reported less sick leave and short-term disability costs (Watch,MedTech,MS)
- New documents illuminate Yahoo-Microsoft saga (Watch,Microsoft,Yahoo)
- New superconductors present new mysteries, possibilities (Watch,Tech,MaterialScience,Superconductivity)
- New, flexible computers use displays with any shape (Watch,Tech,Display)
- Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee – CNN.com (2008,Watch,Politics,USA)
- Open Source DCoT Application – Word Counter | Daily Cup of Tech (Writing,WordSmithy,Tool,Utility,Word,FreeWare,OpenSource)
- Outlandish theories: Kings of the (hollow) world – International Herald Tribune (Earth,HollowEarth,Hmmm)
- PeteSearch: What’s makes software patents so damaging? (Patent,Software,IP)
- Plastic Brain Outsmarts Experts (Brain,NurtureVsNature)
- ProsePlease s deviantART Journal (Writing,Forum)
- Prototype of machine that copies itself goes on show (RepRap,SelfReplication,DeskTop,Fabber,Fabrication,Watch,Tech,OpenSource,Fabricator)
- Pub Rants: Foiled By Whether This Is The Back Cover Copy Or Not (Writing,Blurb,Pitch,Agent)
- Pub Rants: Hardcover vs Original Trade Paperback (Writing,Publishing)
- Rant: “Technology is Another Version of Communism or Aliens or a Large Praying Mantis” (SF,Rant)
- Read at Work (Reading,Flash)
- reddit.com: what are the best scifi blogs/sites other than io9.com (SF,WebSite,Recommendation,List)
- RepRap universal constructor achieves self-replication – Boing Boing (RepRap,SelfReplication,DeskTop,Fabber,Fabrication,Watch,Tech,BoingBoing)
- Review: Finally a useful digital pen (Watch,Tech,Hardware,Review)
- robert mcginnis – a set on Flickr (Art,Flickr,Retro)
- Sci-Phi Issue 41 – TPM Online Article (Paradox,Quantum,Physics)
- Science Fiction Authors, Revolt from Wikipedia! | Evil Genius Chronicles (SF,Author,Wikipedia)
- Scientists show quantum systems could flout physics law (Quantum,Physics)
- Secret super-copyright treaty leaked – Boing Boing (Copyright,DMCA,MPAA,RIAA,USA,BoingBoing,Law)
- Sentient Developments: A year ago on SentDev: <i>The Drake Equation is obsolete</i> (FermisParadox,DrakesEquation,SETI)
- Sentient Developments: Amazing images of lost South American tribe (Anthropology)
- Sentient Developments: The Fermi Paradox: Back with a vengeance (FermisParadox)
- Sentient Developments: Warren Ellis: Singularity ‘indivisible from religious faith’ (Singularity)
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: The ‘Responsibility’ of Cover Art (Design,Book,Marketing,Advertising,Art)
- SF Signal: The SF/F Genre Will Eat Itself (SF,Fantasy,Genre,Writing)
- Shoeboy’s Law of science fiction series « Secular Apostasy (SF,Writing,Reading)
- Short Fiction Factor – Getting Your Short Fiction Published (Writing,ShortStory)
- Six Degrees of Wikipedia (Wikipedia,Cluster,Graph,Network)
- Slipping towards the Singularity | MetaFilter (Singularity,MetaFilter)
- Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions: Museum Directory (Anthropology,Invention,History,PreHistory)
- Sound and fury, signifying …? (SF,Fandom)
- SourceForge.net: AutomateIT! (OpenOffice,Automation,OpenSource,SourceForge)
- Standing Up For What You Don’t Believe – TPM Online Article (Belief,Philosophy)
- Stonepile Writers (Writing,Blog)
- Tag Galaxy (Flickr,Browser,Flash)
- TCCANDLER.com — The 100 Best Movie Posters of All Time (Movie,Poster,Graphics,Top.100)
- TEN GOOD REASONS FOR AN OBAMA/EDWARDS TICKET…. – The Washington Monthly (Watch,Politics,USA,2008)
- TG Daily – Why Firefox 3 matters (Firefox,Review,2008)
- The 90th percentile: Extend HTML with your own metadata (HTML,Metadata,Snippet)
- The best novels ever (version 1.2) from Observer Blog (Best,Book,List)
- The Machine Girl: New Japanese Trailer For Machine Girl Is Full Of Bloody Goodness (Movie,Trailer,Japanese,Film,SF)
- The Obligatory Scene (DeepGenre) (Writing)
- The Pinocchio Theory (Writing,Blog,0mc)
- The Pinocchio Theory » Blog Archive » Some thoughts on “character� (Character,Narrative,Plot,Psychology,Writing,Film,Actor,CharacterType)
- they must need bears (SF,Author,Blog,LiveJournal,Writing,Writer)
- they must need bears – thirteen things to do when you run out of plot:** (Plot,Writing,LiveJournal)
- Thinkbase (Visualization,SemanticWeb,Wiki)
- Using More Advanced JDBC Features (Java,Java.JDBC)
- What Dictionaries and Optical Illusions Say About Our Brains: Scientific American (Brain,Neuroscience,Linguistics,Illusion,Research,Psychology,Interview)
- Whatever » That Other Thing (Watch,Politics,2008,USA)
- Whatever » The Big Idea: N.M. Kelby (Writing)
- Wikipedia:Unusual articles – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (List,Wikipedia,Hmmm)
- YouTube – The Orb – Pomme Fritz – Promo Only Video 1994 Rare (Video,YouTube,TheOrb)
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