The weather was remarkably warm for late December, the kind of day that makes people wonder what Mother Nature is up to and why she's smiling that way. Tomorrow should be even warmer (till the next cold front comes in). Time to make sure there are clean, lightweight shirts for me to wear ( Read more... )

You know, all through October I was so excited about doing MegaPoMo this year, but now I'm just having trouble getting motivated. Something about the fact that I never know when my modem and computer will be willing to work together makes it hard to think about commiting myself to making thirty MegaHAL-related posts this November. But then I see ( Read more... )

The final episode (I believe) in the BBC series "Dalek, I Love You" may still be heard if you go to the BBC 7 Programme List and scroll down to the Ds. Never having listened to the programme myself, I have no idea whether listening to the last half-hour of it will do you any good or not, but there you go. You should be able to listen for up to a ( Read more... )

Been utterly miserable the last few days with the kind of migraine pain that makes you want to crawl into a hole and die, or at least escape reality for a few days; yet though all your dreams when you sleep may be vivid and escapist on the surface, they too are too sharp and pointed to bring relief. Friday was especially bad--I spent hours in bed ( Read more... )

Listening to the BBC's Digital Planet programme online. Many of you might be interested in the first story this week, about Project Loca.
A work of art, in which people receive messages on their mobile phones from anonymous sources who seem to have been monitoring their movements, has been criticised ( Read more... )