I’ve always thought this (along with the notion that long distance charges are a holdover from analogue days, and also are for the most part bogus), but I always had lingering doubts, since no one else seemed to pipe up about it. Now the NYT confirms:
A text message initially travels wirelessly from a handset to [...]
Salon.com’s got a nice post-game on the Publishocalypse that went down earlier this month in Jason Boog’s “Read it and weep.”
Who will survive publishing’s Ice Age? Undoubtedly, the companies that can command developments in the impending digital book revolution.
Well thanks, Captain Obvious. The word “book” in the phrase “digital book revolution” is unnecessary—the so-called digital [...]
I apologize for the lack of posting around these parts recently. This summer has been hectic, to say the least: travel, moving, new projects, old projects, and a job shuffle (more on that later) have all taken a toll on my time over the last two or three months.But I couldn’t let today go by [...]
A little old school party rap to take you back to the days before imminent, tin-foil-hatted ragnarok:
And remember, kids: the shit goes down on 09 September. Set your calendars.
Via boingboing, the title says it all:
Jo Walton has a fantastic breakdown of possible solutions for life on other planets, based on different takes on the Fermi Paradox by various SF luminaries over on Tor.com. This reminded me of this post which I’d begun to write a little while ago, but languished in the obscurity of my ‘pending drafts’ queue for [...]
Solar, LED, leaf-shaped, bendy ‘invisible’ streetlights, designed by Jongoh Lee. I don’t know how well they’d stand up to the harsh elements, but in theory it’s a fantastic application, especially for places that are still off the grid.
Via Carey Tse’s twitter feed.
The not-so-super-seekrit project that’s been sucking down so much of everyone’s time over at Tor Books finally goes live today. Tor.com is a new science-fiction and fantasy themed community site, where a whole lot of luminaries from the SF/F fandom community will be contributing content about ‘Science Fiction. Fantasy. The Universe. And Related Subjects.’, as [...]
Here’s an oldie but a goodie. I’d read this before, but came across it again last night while reading the comments on a BoingBoing post. Charles Stross on the future of history, the future of lifelogging, and the future of privacy. Utterly fascinating stuff.
EDIT: And by ‘Tuesday’, I mean ‘Wednesday’, of course. Slow down, week! [...]