Linkage
Tomorrow is Real Post Day. But for now...
There is a comet larger than the sun passing through the solar system. Link courtesy gregvaneekhout.
And National Geographic has a sea dinosaur IMAX feature! that I really want to see, but the nearest theatre is in Rochester. Sigh.
And check out this nasty guy in particular. The ecology of that ancient sea rivals any fantasy world I've ever seen.
I really like the label on the little graphic in the bottom right of the article: "size relative to a bus". Imagine this giant predator the size of a bus just cruising around the ocean eating things. The mammals we have now are lame! Anyway, I think this perspective in time, that these critters dominated the planet for a solid 190 million years before being eradicated by a fluke astronomical event (if not for which they'd probably still be dominating), is probably part of my leaf mold. All of human history is an eyeblink in comparison.
In video game news, Greg Costikyan has what I think is the most interesting commentary on the EA Bioware acquisition that I've seen, and Brenda Brathwaite has an interesting and lovely remembrance of Dani Bunten, one of the most fascinating, influential, and tragic figures in game history. I'd read about her before, but Brenda's blog post led me to do some more googling, and I also found this article about Dani on Salon. As time goes on her work only becomes more interesting, as the things she said about games in the early 80s become provably prophetic.
All for now. The day was marked by culinary failures. I had what I was sure was a Brilliant Idea this morning and made a drink that was half coffee, half milk, plus two tablespoons of Ovaltine. Caffeinated Ovaltine! What could be better, right? Sadly it was mediocre at best, as was the sandwich I attempted to make out of Chinese sausage.
I also discovered that the down side to having had the opening theme from Ecco: The Tides of Time as my cell ringer for quite some time is that when I actually turn on the real soundtrack I have a Pavlovian jump response to the first opening strains.
There is a comet larger than the sun passing through the solar system. Link courtesy gregvaneekhout.
And National Geographic has a sea dinosaur IMAX feature! that I really want to see, but the nearest theatre is in Rochester. Sigh.
And check out this nasty guy in particular. The ecology of that ancient sea rivals any fantasy world I've ever seen.
I really like the label on the little graphic in the bottom right of the article: "size relative to a bus". Imagine this giant predator the size of a bus just cruising around the ocean eating things. The mammals we have now are lame! Anyway, I think this perspective in time, that these critters dominated the planet for a solid 190 million years before being eradicated by a fluke astronomical event (if not for which they'd probably still be dominating), is probably part of my leaf mold. All of human history is an eyeblink in comparison.
In video game news, Greg Costikyan has what I think is the most interesting commentary on the EA Bioware acquisition that I've seen, and Brenda Brathwaite has an interesting and lovely remembrance of Dani Bunten, one of the most fascinating, influential, and tragic figures in game history. I'd read about her before, but Brenda's blog post led me to do some more googling, and I also found this article about Dani on Salon. As time goes on her work only becomes more interesting, as the things she said about games in the early 80s become provably prophetic.
All for now. The day was marked by culinary failures. I had what I was sure was a Brilliant Idea this morning and made a drink that was half coffee, half milk, plus two tablespoons of Ovaltine. Caffeinated Ovaltine! What could be better, right? Sadly it was mediocre at best, as was the sandwich I attempted to make out of Chinese sausage.
I also discovered that the down side to having had the opening theme from Ecco: The Tides of Time as my cell ringer for quite some time is that when I actually turn on the real soundtrack I have a Pavlovian jump response to the first opening strains.