Revealed: the capitalist network that runs the world! (And no, not a joke, sadly.)

Here's a story about how happy endings aren't, always. Because people are complicated.

Noted for later reading: Jack O'Neill put on trial for genocide. Fascinating.

A report on the much-abused Kabul museum.

Tim Gunn talks Star Trek fashion. Coolness ( Read more... )

It's the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Phantom Tollbooth. Man, I do need to reread that.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction has gone online. Cool!

Warren Ellis on the changing business model of comics (paper, digital download, web-based ( Read more... )

Returned to the gym and did a weight workout tonight. Ouch. But tomorrow will be worse.

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Bill Gurley speculates on why Netflix is separating out the streaming and dvd rental business.

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A quick-and-dirty Linkspam today, I think, as it's a holiday weekend and I suspect many of you are already gone:

Discover reports that creativity is not as well-received as we would like to thinkLawyers will recall that in your first year, you do a big legal research and analysis project; everyone in my year was obligated to research adverse ( Read more... )

As an amateur remixer (aka fanfiction writer), I find the new novel by Jennifer R. Pournelle an interesting test case.  Jennifer Pournelle is the daugher of Jerry Pournelle, who, with Larry Niven, wrote the now-classic SF novel A Mote in God's Eye thirty-something years ago.  Ms. Pournelle has written an authorized sequel to her father's novel, ( Read more... )

Oh, it's like old home week: Salieri is writing X-Files fic! It's kind of awesome.

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Baby rhinos are actually pretty cute.

I have the same problem Jon Carroll has: when I read a work of non-fiction, often the information is not very sticky. ::sigh::

Don't work nights in a business frequented by vampire fans...I've heard a lot of awesome press ( Read more... )

Apparently the Smithsonian doesn't like these fake ads made up by a couple of students. Too bad, because they're kind of awesome.

Seth Godin has a suggestion to increase your productivity. Of course, it does rather depend on one having the ability to purchase another device...

By way of Boing Boing: this makes me really really sad.. Poor ( Read more... )

So, based on what I'm hearing, if this deal goes through, my cellphone rates go up, and the quality of service goes down. Lovely.

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The Tiptree Award has been announced! Coolness.

Niall Harrison talks about gender disparity in SF reviewing at Strange Horizons. Worth noting.

Jedibuttercup does a nice job on this snippet of the Gateverse and ( Read more... )

What better way to start the year's first linkspam than with a new baby animal? And I am impressed: I have never ever heard of a potto.

Courtesy of The Big Picture: Happy New Year!

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In other news, I saw my first Trucknuts on New Year's Day. I am not sure what kind of an omen for the year that is...

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Abigail Nussbaum wrote up her best and ( Read more... )

Link by way of James Nicoll: a review of a feminist utopian novel written in 1889. Coolness! This is the sort of thing I would want to have a Kindle for.

Um. This is Superman's new look? Seriously? Huh.

Something fun (and pretty!) to brighten your Monday: Karen Healey plays FCM (or Cliff, Shag, Marry) with Archie Kennedy, Old Spice Guy, ( Read more... )