Sleep
I've been sleeping reasonably well lately—not as long as would be ideal, but enough. I haven't had any trouble getting...
Examples?
A reader asks for good examples of hyperfiction. Fair question. I've mentioned some of these before, but usually only in...
Weirdness turns out to be true; film at 11
It's practically a genre convention that in a speculative fiction story, if someone says something weird or unbelievable is true,...
Prepositional calculus
A few years back, someone pointed out to me that something I'd written explained (unintentionally) the difference between the phrases...
Hyperfiction
A recent SH article ("The More Things Change: Science Fiction Literature and the New Narrative," by Niko Silvester) quotes Gary...
Escheresque and journalism
Kam pointed me to a very nicely done piece of Escheresque art. It's billed as a "photo" but it kinda...
Green dedication
"The Human-Powered Move": an interesting description (with photos and optional video clips) of a small group of people moving the...
Two things I don’t understand
I've never really understood the appeal of Iron Chef, but I gather that that's largely because I don't cook and...
Props to Eru the One
Wow. Nick provided a pointer to The Lords of the Rhymes, where you can download an MP3 of possibly the...
Why you should slack
A lovely paper entitled "The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking on Large Computations" proves mathematically that "overall productivity can...
Tiring
Had a meeting today from 11:30 to 1. Then a meeting from 1 to 2. For a little variety, I...
Marzipan PDA, Lego computer case
Ever wanted an edible Palm? Now you can get the Lecker Handheld, made of marzipan (or, as the Palm InfoCenter...