Link dump for Fri. 12/05/2008 after the cut. The wiki version; includes a tag cloud.Links:
- 10 Best Twitter Tools for Wordpress Blogs (WordPress,Twitter,List)
- 13 Reasons Why iPhone will Bite the Dust Before Nokia N97 ? Blog Archive ? Gadgetophilia (CellPhone,Comparison)
- A Dream to Some, A Nightmare to Others | Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,Review,BoardGameGeek)
- A Place for Strangers and Beggars – Fooling the Muse (Writing,Advice)
- Airshipworld Blog: Aeroscraft (Airship,AeroSpace,Blog)
- An Honest Review of Race for the Galaxy | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,Review,BoardGameGeek)
- Authorial, agently and personal ramblings – World-building and language (Writing,WorldBuilding,Language,Words,LiveJournal)
- Bailout costs more than Marshall Plan, Louisiana Purchase, moonshot, S&L bailout, Korean War, New Deal, Iraq war, Vietnam war, and NASA’s lifetime budget — *combined*! – Boing Boing (History,USA,Economics,Bailout,Economy,Government)
- Biology in Science Fiction: Science and Fiction: What Do You Think? (SF,Science)
- Cool Infographics: The “Super” Family Tree of Dinosaurs (Dinosaur,Visualization)
- Dark Worlds: Comet Stories July 1941 (Pulp,SF)
- Deep Analysis of a Highly Addictive Game | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,Review,BoardGameGeek)
- Defining Science Fiction ? Auxiliary Memory (SF,Definition,Blog)
- Doctor Who: The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who’s History (DoctorWho,List,SF,TV,BBC,Video)
- Don?t You Wish You Lived Then? (Musings on Class and Fantasy) (DeepGenre) (Essay,Fiction,Fantasy,Writing)
- Elgan: Why you can’t trust ‘friends’ on Facebook (Scam,Warning,Facebook,MySpace,Friend)
- Exclusive: Nacho Vigalondo on Timecrimes, and How To Land A Car On A UFO (TimeTravel,Movie,Trailer,Io9,Video)
- F Freiheit – ACM author profile page (Fritz,BackLink,ACM)
- Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin’ Blog: Building a Good Hero (Writing,Character,SuperHero,Hero)
- Featured Download: Sun PDF Import Adds PDF Editing to OpenOffice.org (PDF,OpenSource,Editing,LifeHacker,OpenOffice)
- First superconducting transistor promises PC revolution – tech – 03 December 2008 – New Scientist (Watch,Tech,Superconductivity,Computer,Hardware)
- freshmeat.net: Project details for Advanced Bash Scripting Guide (CommandLine,Shell,Tutorial,Reference,Linux,Unix,Scripting,FreshMeat)
- Genre Savvy (Genre,Blog,SF,Fantasy,LiveJournal)
- Genre Savvy – Jargon lesson. (Jargon,Word,Link,List,Writing,LiveJournal)
- Genre Savvy – Vocabulary lesson. (Vocabulary,Word,Link,List,Writing,LiveJournal)
- Genrewonk: thoughts and opinions by author S. Andrew Swann ? Blog Archive ? In defense of sense of wonder (SF,Writing,Reading)
- Grasping for the Wind: Inside the Blogosphere: Give the Gift of SF (Reading,SF,Fantasy,2008,Recommendation,List,Review)
- HandBrake (Update,Download,DVD,Video,Tool,OpenSource)
- High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind (Watch,Tech,NanoTech,Superconductivity)
- How do you make your book the best it can be? at SF Novelists (Writing,Quality,Process,BetaReader)
- How to: Overwrite WordPress core functions (WordPress,HowTo,PHP)
- In The Loop | xentek (WordPress,PlugIn)
- iq-range-occupations.jpg (JPEG Image, 500×907 pixels) (Employment,Visualization,IQ,Stats)
- IRoSF: Review of Charles Stross’s Saturn’s Children (SF,Novel,Review)
- IRoSF: Review of David D. Levine’s Space Magic (SF,Novel,Review)
- IRoSF: Review of Kate Story’s debut novel Blasted (SF,Novel,Review)
- IRoSF: Short Fiction, December 2008 (SF,Fantasy,ShortStory,Review,2008)
- IRoSF: Signals 15 (SF,Genre,Hero,Movie,Critique)
- IRoSF: What Science Fiction Leaves Out of the Future, #1 (SF,Critique)
- JavaRa: update Java and remove old versions – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (FreeWare,Java,Review)
- JDbMonitor – Monitor JDBC Performance For Slow SQL Queries (Java,Java.JDBC,Performance,Monitor,SQL,Tool)
- jOpenDocument Homepage. Open Document library (Java,OpenOffice,API,Library,OpenDocument,OpenSource,Framework,Tool)
- Journal of Boardgame Design: Essen 2008 Unwrapped: Part 1 – Introduction and Sylla (Game,Game.Board,Design)
- Journal of Boardgame Design: Essen 2008 Unwrapped: Part 2 – Dominion (Game,Game.Board,Analysis)
- Kill Your Database with Terracotta (Java,Persistence,Database)
- Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon (Mathematics)
- Long Bets – The first true interstellar mission, targeted at the closest star to the Sun or even farther, will be launched before or on December 6, 2025 and will be widely supported by the public. (Space,Bet,Futurism)
- Mad Cartography: The Curious Art of Science Fiction Road Maps (SF,Art,Map,Cartography)
- Masanobu Matsuo – ACM author profile page (OutOfThePast)
- MaxMind – GeoIP Javascript Web Service (JavaScript,IP,GeoLocation,HowTo,Snippet)
- mental_floss Blog ? 4 Must-Read Books for Aspiring Writers (Writing,Advice,Book,List)
- Miracle airship tech sustained by DARPA pork trickle ? The Register (Watch,Tech,Zeppelin,Airship,Transportation)
- Monstrous Musings (SlushPile,Blog,Writing,LiveJournal)
- MoonScape – Economics Made Simple (Watch,Politics,Economics,USA,LiveJournal)
- Most Wanted WordPress Hacks: 11 New Requests (2) | Noupe (WordPress,HowTo,List)
- New approach eliminates software deadlocks using discrete control theory (Software,Control,Theory,UofM)
- New blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer (Watch,Tech,MedTech,Cancer,Blood,Sensor)
- New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies (Watch,Tech,NanoTech,Fabrication,MedTech,Hologram)
- Notes from a Tool User: Unit Testing in JavaScript (JavaScript,Testing,UnitTest,Comparison,Matrix,List)
- Online Novels (Free,Book,Novel,Ebook,Link,List,Blog)
- Paul Weingartner – Omniscience: From a Logical Point of View – Reviewed by Daniel J. Hill, University of Liverpool – Philosophical Reviews – University of Notre Dame (Philosophy,Book,Review,Religion,Omnicience)
- Publishers Marketplace (Writing,Publishing,Newsletter,Agent,LiteraryAgent,Reference)
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Experience: William Gibson’s Novels: A Fractured Delight (SF,Author,Review)
- Scientists find key to keeping killer T cells in prime shape for fighting infection, cancer (Biology,ImmuneSystem,Longevity)
- seanan_mcguire: Thoughts on Writing #17: Have Faith In Your Editor. (Writing,Editor,LiveJournal)
- seanan_mcguire: Thoughts on Writing #18: Thesaurus vs. Velociraptor. (Writing,Advice,LiveJournal)
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: How will Science Fiction Weather the Recession? (SF,Writing,Reading,MindMeld)
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror? (Character,Reading,Writing,MindMeld)
- Shock Bookmark: access favorite files, folders, apps, and websites in Windows? context menu – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (Bookmark,Ms.Windows,Integration,Tool,FreeWare,Review)
- StickySorter: innovative sticky notes app offers notes clustering and an infinite desktop – review & download link | freewaregenius.com (PIM,FreeWare,Review,Tool,Organizer,Info,Ms.Windows)
- Study finds Internet searches boost brain – UPI.com (Brain,Cognition,Search,Aging,Memory,Learning)
- Table Top Titans (Game,Game.Miniature)
- The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Something To Remember (Genre,Writer,Writing)
- The Early Days of a Better Nation (SF,History,Politics,Security,Computer,Engineering,Lecture,Future,Futurism)
- The good side of bad books | Books | guardian.co.uk (Writing,Reading)
- The Lab Review: Finally, A YA Book That’s A Gateway Drug To Hard Science Fiction (SF,YA,Book,Review,Io9,ToGet)
- The Map Realm (Map,Fictional,Umich)
- THE NEGATIVES: a Review of R4tG. | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek (Game,Game.Board,Review,BoardGameGeek)
- The Nostalgia League- Old Time Radio, B-Movies, Westerns, Comics, Railroading, both real and model, and Nostalgia (SF,Pulp,Comic,Movie,OTR)
- The Rejecter: Manuscript Format Questions and Answers (Writing,Manuscript,QandA)
- The SF Site: The Wonder (Book,Novel,Review,SF)
- The Universe as a Hologram (Philosophy,Physics,Hologram,Holographic,Consciousness)
- The World in the Satin Bag: Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction (SF,Fantasy,Writing,Reading)
- The Written Weird: Reverse Radiohead: The perfect Web 2.0 magazine…only better (SF,Writing,Publishing,Genre,ShortStory,Internet)
- Top 100 Novels (SF,Novel,Reader,Pick,List,ISFDB,Top,Top.100)
- Top 11 Laptops Reviewed Just for You – Choose the Best! ? Blog Archive ? Gadgetophilia (Laptop,Review,List)
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / A happy ending depends on when you stop: Heavy Time, Hellburner and C.J. Cherryh’s Alliance-Union universe (SF,Series,Review,Pick,SpaceOpera,CJCherryh)
- Toys made of liquid wood (Watch,Tech,Plastic,Wood,MaterialScience)
- Triviagasm: Why You Can?t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler (Writing,Genre,Comic,History,TimeTravel)
- Trixie’s Treats (Pulp,Art,Blog,Comics)
- Twenty Sided ? Blog Archive ? DM of the Rings XXXVIII:As Simple as Calculus (Game,Game.RPG,Rule,Comic)
- Twenty Sided ? Blog Archive ? Worst Rule Ever (Game,Game.RPG,Rule,Critique)
- Twin Sun.com (OutOfThePast)
- Twiter Tools README | alexking.org (WordPress,PlugIn,Twitter)
- Universe’s dark matter mix is ‘just right’ for life – space – 04 December 2008 – New Scientist (Physics,Cosmology,AnthropicPrinciple)
- Virtually every Windows PC at risk, says Secunia (Watch,Microsoft,Ms.Windows,Security)
- Vistumbler.net – Home (Wireless,Network,WiFi,Scanner,OpenSource,Sniffer,Utility,Tool,SourceForge)
- We heart it / Visual bookmark for everyone (Photo,Art,Illustration,Gallery,Image,SocialNetworking,Tagging,Community)
- WordPress ? Twitter Tools ? WordPress Plugins (WordPress,PlugIn,Twitter)
- WWdN: In Exile: bustin up my brains for the words (Writing)
- WWdN: In Exile: yet another post about writing . . . and stuff (Writing)
- XMind – Social Brainstorming and Mind Mapping (OpenSource,Mind,Map,MindMap,Tool,Collaboration)
Tagged Art
- Mad Cartography: The Curious Art of Science Fiction Road Maps
- Trixie’s Treats
- We heart it / Visual bookmark for everyone
Tagged Author
Tagged Book+Review
- Paul Weingartner – Omniscience: From a Logical Point of View – Reviewed by Daniel J. Hill, University of Liverpool – Philosophical Reviews – University of Notre Dame
- The Lab Review: Finally, A YA Book That’s A Gateway Drug To Hard Science Fiction
- The SF Site: The Wonder
Tagged Critique
- IRoSF: Signals 15
- IRoSF: What Science Fiction Leaves Out of the Future, #1
- Twenty Sided ? Blog Archive ? Worst Rule Ever
Tagged Fantasy
- Don?t You Wish You Lived Then? (Musings on Class and Fantasy) (DeepGenre)
- Genre Savvy
- Grasping for the Wind: Inside the Blogosphere: Give the Gift of SF
- IRoSF: Short Fiction, December 2008
- The World in the Satin Bag: Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
Tagged FreeWare
- JavaRa: update Java and remove old versions – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- Shock Bookmark: access favorite files, folders, apps, and websites in Windows? context menu – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
- StickySorter: innovative sticky notes app offers notes clustering and an infinite desktop – review & download link | freewaregenius.com
Tagged Futurism
- Long Bets – The first true interstellar mission, targeted at the closest star to the Sun or even farther, will be launched before or on December 6, 2025 and will be widely supported by the public.
- The Early Days of a Better Nation
Tagged Game.Board
- A Dream to Some, A Nightmare to Others | Twilight Imperium 3rd Edition | BoardGameGeek
- An Honest Review of Race for the Galaxy | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek
- Deep Analysis of a Highly Addictive Game | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek
- Journal of Boardgame Design: Essen 2008 Unwrapped: Part 1 – Introduction and Sylla
- Journal of Boardgame Design: Essen 2008 Unwrapped: Part 2 – Dominion
- THE NEGATIVES: a Review of R4tG. | Race for the Galaxy | BoardGameGeek
Tagged Game.RPG
- Twenty Sided ? Blog Archive ? DM of the Rings XXXVIII:As Simple as Calculus
- Twenty Sided ? Blog Archive ? Worst Rule Ever
Tagged Genre
- Genre Savvy
- IRoSF: Signals 15
- The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Something To Remember
- The Written Weird: Reverse Radiohead: The perfect Web 2.0 magazine…only better
- Triviagasm: Why You Can?t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler
Tagged Movie
- Exclusive: Nacho Vigalondo on Timecrimes, and How To Land A Car On A UFO
- IRoSF: Signals 15
- The Nostalgia League- Old Time Radio, B-Movies, Westerns, Comics, Railroading, both real and model, and Nostalgia
Tagged OpenSource
- Featured Download: Sun PDF Import Adds PDF Editing to OpenOffice.org
- HandBrake
- jOpenDocument Homepage. Open Document library
- Vistumbler.net – Home
- XMind – Social Brainstorming and Mind Mapping
Tagged Philosophy
- Paul Weingartner – Omniscience: From a Logical Point of View – Reviewed by Daniel J. Hill, University of Liverpool – Philosophical Reviews – University of Notre Dame
- The Universe as a Hologram
Tagged Pick
- Top 100 Novels
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / A happy ending depends on when you stop: Heavy Time, Hellburner and C.J. Cherryh’s Alliance-Union universe
Tagged Reading
- Genrewonk: thoughts and opinions by author S. Andrew Swann ? Blog Archive ? In defense of sense of wonder
- Grasping for the Wind: Inside the Blogosphere: Give the Gift of SF
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: How will Science Fiction Weather the Recession?
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror?
- The good side of bad books | Books | guardian.co.uk
- The World in the Satin Bag: Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
Tagged SF
- Biology in Science Fiction: Science and Fiction: What Do You Think?
- Dark Worlds: Comet Stories July 1941
- Defining Science Fiction ? Auxiliary Memory
- Doctor Who: The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who’s History
- Genre Savvy
- Genrewonk: thoughts and opinions by author S. Andrew Swann ? Blog Archive ? In defense of sense of wonder
- Grasping for the Wind: Inside the Blogosphere: Give the Gift of SF
- IRoSF: Review of Charles Stross’s Saturn’s Children
- IRoSF: Review of David D. Levine’s Space Magic
- IRoSF: Review of Kate Story’s debut novel Blasted
- IRoSF: Short Fiction, December 2008
- IRoSF: Signals 15
- IRoSF: What Science Fiction Leaves Out of the Future, #1
- Mad Cartography: The Curious Art of Science Fiction Road Maps
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Reading Experience: William Gibson’s Novels: A Fractured Delight
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: How will Science Fiction Weather the Recession?
- The Early Days of a Better Nation
- The Lab Review: Finally, A YA Book That’s A Gateway Drug To Hard Science Fiction
- The Nostalgia League- Old Time Radio, B-Movies, Westerns, Comics, Railroading, both real and model, and Nostalgia
- The SF Site: The Wonder
- The World in the Satin Bag: Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
- The Written Weird: Reverse Radiohead: The perfect Web 2.0 magazine…only better
- Top 100 Novels
- Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / A happy ending depends on when you stop: Heavy Time, Hellburner and C.J. Cherryh’s Alliance-Union universe
Tagged SpaceOpera
Tagged Tech+Watch
- First superconducting transistor promises PC revolution – tech – 03 December 2008 – New Scientist
- High-Temp Superconducting Nanowire System is First of its Kind
- Miracle airship tech sustained by DARPA pork trickle ? The Register
- New blood scanner detects even faint indicators of cancer
- New holographic method could be used for lab-on-a-chip technologies
- Toys made of liquid wood
Tagged TV
Tagged Video
- Doctor Who: The 45 Coolest Moments In Doctor Who’s History
- Exclusive: Nacho Vigalondo on Timecrimes, and How To Land A Car On A UFO
- HandBrake
Tagged WorldBuilding
Tagged Writing
- A Place for Strangers and Beggars – Fooling the Muse
- Authorial, agently and personal ramblings – World-building and language
- Don?t You Wish You Lived Then? (Musings on Class and Fantasy) (DeepGenre)
- Fantasy & Sci-Fi Lovin’ Blog: Building a Good Hero
- Genre Savvy – Jargon lesson.
- Genre Savvy – Vocabulary lesson.
- Genrewonk: thoughts and opinions by author S. Andrew Swann ? Blog Archive ? In defense of sense of wonder
- How do you make your book the best it can be? at SF Novelists
- mental_floss Blog ? 4 Must-Read Books for Aspiring Writers
- Monstrous Musings
- Publishers Marketplace
- seanan_mcguire: Thoughts on Writing #17: Have Faith In Your Editor.
- seanan_mcguire: Thoughts on Writing #18: Thesaurus vs. Velociraptor.
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: How will Science Fiction Weather the Recession?
- SF Signal: MIND MELD: Who are the Most Memorable Characters in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror?
- The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent.: Something To Remember
- The good side of bad books | Books | guardian.co.uk
- The Rejecter: Manuscript Format Questions and Answers
- The World in the Satin Bag: Werewolves and Misconceptions About Science Fiction
- The Written Weird: Reverse Radiohead: The perfect Web 2.0 magazine…only better
- Triviagasm: Why You Can?t Travel Back in Time and Kill Hitler
- WWdN: In Exile: bustin up my brains for the words
- WWdN: In Exile: yet another post about writing . . . and stuff
Tagged Zeppelin
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