Maybe I can get my mind around half of this now. Nah.

Emerging tech infographic via Sterling

I saw he did this through his Twitter account, but apparently Bruce Sterling just donated fifteen boxes to the University of Texas. This is a strange, interesting article about it, and I might have to try out the "write in different media" idea. I think I already am, with the occasional notebook scribble, the Livejournal and my Twitter account ( Read more... )

I have a new favorite sculptor. Holy crap, Virginie Ropars bloody rules via Terri Windling

The NYSE just removed Borders Books from the list today, so this podcast, about the changes in publishing and the possible future of the industry, became even more fascinating. They suggest a few ideas I've had - and more than a few I had never heard of before. Roberson and Baker especially know their stuff in this, being small press publishers ( Read more... )

I might recommend watching this cheerfully introspective and possibly gloomy in a good way music video about a ship captain who is... well, that's the question. Is he tossing something away? Is he finding something new? How about both? :)

Eye of the Storm via Quiet Earth

Okay, Goodnight Dune is badass, but ... Coloring books? With drugs and half-naked people and dead bodies and Stillsuits? These are REAL?!

Dune Kids Books

This one sounds absolutely insane.

( Reality keeps shattering beneath my feet )

Ant anatomy lessons set to the Mexican Hat Dance music. Wtf this is bizarre.

Ant Anatomy from boingboing.

I haven't done nearly as much work this month as I wanted to, but like last year in November with the stream of suck that happened, sometimes the world just comes up with something and I'm freaking glued to the events as they happen. I need to find a way to deal with that - to take it in and still follow it - and I think I need to be in a less bad ( Read more... )

I've read a stack of things since last I posted my list of readings. One of them was a book by a friend - who needed it in a hurry, because he's going to digital selfpub it - and one was a short story by a very close friend. The former I'll wait to rec until he pubs it, and the latter rarely posts her short stories online! Alas, because she's ( Read more... )