Once again, I find my browser with about 40 open windows, so once again, it's time for another dump of Cool Stuff On The Web into the unsuspecting lap of you, my reader ( Read more... )

This link goes to a very short (only a few paragraphs long) story written by kennric as part of a project he's doing to write 52 original short stories in 52 weeks, one story per week for a year.

This story is number 17 in the project, and it's called Legacy. It's a meditation on transhumanism and uploading and what it means to be a copy, and it's ( Read more... )

My browser has 32 open windows, so you all know what that means: time for another list of Linky-Links, where we see who fed it and who ate it all across the Whacky Wide Web ( Read more... )

Naica, Mexico is home to a number of lead and silver mines. It is also home to a geological formation that appears to be unique in all the world: the Crystal Cave of Giants, discovered accidentally by mine workers in 2000 ( Read more... )

A good friend of mine from way back, who is (among other things) an awesome musician, has released an album! You can find out more, and listen to it, on his Web site. He also wrote the music that was on the (short-lived) CD-ROM version of my game Onyx.

I know there are quite a few Macintosh folks on my flist. The rest of you can move along; nothing to see here ( Read more... )

This will appeal to a number of folks on my flist: Discordian Quotes, a fun little project brought to you by a friend of mine. Sample quotes:

- A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists ( Read more... )

Once again, Safari has so many windows open that my computer is bogged down and my swap file is growing like the Federal deficit, so here we go!

Psychology/sociology

Half of your friends lost every seven yearsHad a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still ( Read more... )

So today the charming stranger who gave me candy at Frolicon has put me in her Web comic. Woot! Now my roommate the-no-lj-d and I have both been immportalized in Web comics for things that happened at conventions.

And, the kittycat Liam has made it on to LOLkink! (Note: That link is safe for work; the rest of LOLkink most definitely is not.

With a tip of the (virtual) hat to figmentj:

Enough is Enough: A Thinking Ape's Critique of Trans-Simianism

Klomp predicts that through a technology called ‘hygiene’ we could extend the simian lifespan well into the late 20s or possibly 30s. What exactly will the post-simian do with all that time? Do we really want to live in a society populated by ( Read more... )