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THE PERIODIC TABLE OF WOMEN IN SF MEME (stolen from that community).
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Dog spelled sideways is Gdo.
We saw Waiting for Godot last night. Ian McKellen sure can turn it on when wants. Not sure if the play was well served by him out-acting everyone, but it sure was neat to watch.
But it reminded me of one of Sesame Street's greatest moments ever, and I feel the need to share. -
Feminist anger
"We would gladly have listened to her (they said) if only she had spoken like a lady. But they are liars, and the truth is not in them." - Joanna Russ, in The Female Man, 1986 ( Read more... ) -
Here comes the spider goat!
All hail the transgenic spidergoats ! I like living in a world where scientists are investigating issues like 'is it easiest to get our spider silk from goat milk, or alfalfa sprouts ( Read more... ) -
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OK, I've heard of the idea of small robots that you swallow before. But check this out - a robot that you swallow in several separate parts, it self-assembles inside your stomach, etc - then it performs surgery on you, then disassembles itself again. -
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Future SwanCon Iron Brain competitions and similar 'read the unreadable' type events in search of reading material need look no further than Topless Robots fan fiction friday selections. Keep that brain bleach handy before reading. -
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Yesterday was National Sorry Day. If only we weren't still adding to the list of things to be sorry about (warning: link might appall and depress you. If it doesn't, there is a good chance I don't want to know you). -
Opposition Climate Change policy in a nutshell
When opposing the Rudd Emissions Trading Scheme (which I am not here to praise), Tony Abbotts said that not only was he opposed because it was a 'big new tax' (despite the main argument for an ETS being that it is an alternative to a carbon tax, heaven forbid that we have any emissions reduction policy at all that emitters have to pay for), but ( Read more... ) -
visiting the future
One the way back from my ICANN trip to Kenya, I finished reading Bruce Sterlings most recent novel, The Caryatids. As a novel, it is probably exactly the sort of novel that Sterling fans will very much enjoy, and Sterling critics will find confirms their opinions. Which is to say, while it has a narrative, and characterisation, themes and a plot, ( Read more... )