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I continue to be a little bewildered that, on Yahoo's sf magazines category's "Most Popular" list, Quanta continues to outrank...
Kam points me to this virtual keyboard, which is a miniature projector that you hook up to your PDA; it...
Just read the news bulletin that R. A. Lafferty died on Monday. I was just thinking of Lafferty this past weekend,...
Hey! Happy vernal equinox, everyone! In fact, the equinox was about half an hour ago ago as I type this,...
Nao passes along a fascinating New Yorker book review discussing two books about the "paperless office." The conclusion seems to...
I was idly wondering whence truffle derives, and why the candy is named the same as the mushroom, so I...
Just one more thing before I run off to edit: in spare moments here and there, I've been reading Andy...
Tonight I went grocery shopping, for the first time in perhaps a month. O, the excitement that is my life!...
MIT has completed their study of the status of women faculty at the school; see press release, which contains a...
This microwave popcorn is billed as having "Natural Popcorn Flavor." Which I assumed meant that it wasn't real popcorn at...
Good news: got seven hours' sleep again last night. Bad news: have to work today. And tomorrow. Good news: productive...
I meant to mention that all day, on and off, the Pogues' "Fairytale of New York" has been running through...