Plane-induced temporal limbo What do you say about a 13 hour flight to Tokyo? It was very long. It was very dull. I slept a lot (probably 5-6 hours—thanks, lorazepam!), I watched some stupid movie with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, I picked my way around seafood in order to get some nutrition. I en...
There is this book by a woman named Pat Cadigan. It's called Synners and it is a novel in what they call the cyberpunk genre. If you don't know what that means, think "The Matrix" or "Johnny Mnemonic", or "Strange Days". It is an offshoot of straight science fiction, the origin of which is usually...
As reported on www.thecoolhunter.com This front page cover story appeared in Melbourne's, The Age newspaper, Greenguide liftout today. We've re-published it with permisssion from The Age. ON THEfrontlines of cool, bloggers with street cred are the unwitting quarry of forecasters anxiously scanning...
(UPDATE, June 2007: Don't forget that this series hasn't stopped; it's just moved to the website for my arts organization, the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography.) (Tired of seemingly all discussion of movies in this country anymore sliding towards poop fests and other kiddie fare? Me...
"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" by ukaunz 2000s Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Saturday – Ian McEwan On Beauty – Zadie Smith Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson The Sea – John Banville The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble The Plot Against America –...
Who or what are your musical influences? 10000 Maniacs 10cc 112 12 Rounds 16 Horsepower 1927 2 Pistols 2 Unlimited 24 Gone 2gether 2pac 3 Colours Red 3 Doors Down 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts 30 Seconds to Mars 311 38 Special 3gs 3lw 3rd Faze 3t 4 Non Blondes 4hero 4him 50 Cent 54 40 54 Seconds 59 Times...
Well, we got news of a transfer and so that means packing up and moving to a new house and new location. Moving is not necessarily negative. Certainly I enjoyed where I live and having the joy of family, but that's the reality. I have been thinking about what I want to move and what I want to leave...
And this is what's happened on Twitter today: 11:38 Training people again today so not on twitter much # 12:10 @Hellstorm I'd have to agree with that # 12:18 @acomicbookgirl I only use it for podcast promotion # 13:24 @Katapult I haven't heard of either.. I'll go looking when I get home # 13:28...
This is the Entertainment Weekly Top 100 books from 1983 to the present. Despite its source, I find it to be pretty interesting. Since I love books and most of you love books, I thought I'd share it. Red ones are ones I've read. 1. The Road , Cormac McCarthy (2006) 2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of...
‘The Art of Innovation’ led me to ‘Snow Crash‘. I started reading it over the weekend and didn’t want to put it down. It’s very funny. For some reason, I latched onto this book. Maybe it’s because it talks about the Metaverse. Recently, I got into Second Life (SL). I need to do a...
I've never been a fan of ICANN. They're a ludicrously costly organsisation whose "authority" stems from administrative stewardship for some of the internet's universal namespaces. As I used to point out: ICANN costs millions to run every year and their job is to make very occasional changes to small...
If you found yourself recently added as my neighbor, that's for one of two reasons. first.. i went through my reverse neighbor list (people who neighborhooded me) and found the people i hadn't yet neighborhooded. My gmail filters everything to cute little pockets, and sometimes I miss/ignore the vox...
Nonsense on Stilts: Obama, Economics, and Religion Economist Paul Krugman recently wrote about economics, religion and Obama, once again doing what he does best- bombarding his readers with nonsense on stilts. From Krugman: Start with the economics. Mr. Obama: "You go into these small towns in...
Both of which I just found out existed today (and the Gibson one isn't actually being released until the end of summer). What's it about? Who cares?? It's William Gibson. After 50 years, a sequel to Dandelion Wine, one of my most favorite novels ever! It takes place in the fall of 1928, so it's...
Like I said yesterday, I was involved in the majority of the plays that we did at Eastside. While some were more fun and left me feeling like I had learned something, others made me feel like crap and like I had lost things learned. An example of that would be my last high school play: The Miracle...
And this is what's happened on Twitter today: 11:25 Ok I['m up and Twhril is updated! # 11:38 @rdhall Damn I read that as William Gibson Singing not Signing! I'm still half asleep # 12:01 Did you all read Freakangels this week? www.freakangels.com/?p=41 # 12:07 @FrnkCastle I just wish there was more...
'Marvin the Martian' CG Feature in the Works (Variety) Warner Bros. is developing a Marvin the Martian feature at Alcon Entertainment, with principals Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove producing along with Steve Crystal. The project will blend live action and CGI. Marvin was created by Chuck Jones...
Heroes, which I consider to be the best show on TV, will be released on DVD in August. Also, the classic William Gibson book, Neuromancer, will receive the movie treatment. This really scares me. I love this book. I love the Cyberspace Trilogy. The idea of a movie being made scares me.
These are lists of books i must read, and music (albums) i must get. I hope the list will expand. Suggestions are most welcome. Hint: dark funny, light but not fluffy, or just dark.. Books Pattern Recognition by William Gibson The Sandman Graphic Novels series Music Amy Winehouse - Back to Black Got...
I'm not sure if it's because I've REALLY gotten into computers again (thanks to installing and configuring ubuntu as the ONLY operating system on my cheap little notebook) or if its because I watched "hackers" in its entirety on youtube (in 11 parts, mind you)...but I felt the need to finally read...
