The Rosetta Project
Amazingly cool: the Long Now Foundation's Rosetta Project has put together something called the Rosetta disk. (Official page.) It's three...
Arcologies
Three arcology designs: Ziggurat: a carbon-neutral pyramid-shaped building in Dubai that would have a 2.3 sq. km footprint (at least,...
Writing in a dream
It's been months since I did any fiction writing, and I wasn't very happy with the writing in the last...
Mental paralysis
I'm having a hard time getting things done. I have a long to-do list, full of important things I need...
Falcon
I was at a friend's place, sitting at their dining-room table. Looked up and suddenly there was a falcon, covered...
Convention Anti-Harassment Project
The folks over at Girl-Wonder.org have started a project to reduce harassment, especially sexual harassment, at conventions: the Con Anti-Harassment...
Benchley on Great Literature
As Robert Benchley once said: Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is...
Forthcoming Macs and iPods
There are rumors and other indications that Apple will be releasing upgraded Macs and iPods in late September. So if...
Absent-minded
Finished up something on the computer this morning, went off to shower. My towel was wet. "That's odd," I thought;...
Weekend
Friday evening, Kam and I watched National Treasure 2. It was fun and silly; perhaps not quite as much fun...
Game store in South Bay
For years, a store called Gamescape (in Palo Alto) was where I always went to buy games. I didn't buy...
Femme2008 queer Femme conference this weekend in Chicago
Mary Anne is attending an interesting-sounding conference this weekend: Femme2008, a queer Femme conference run by the Femme Collective. It...