February 2011
31 posts
BBC World Service - The Interview: Ursula Le Guin →
Author Ursula Le Guin gives Owen Bennett Jones a lesson in science fiction and talks about how her work has been influenced by anthropology and Taoism. She also tells the story of Ishi, a native…
January 2011
28 posts
“By the time Wilkes reached the tree, Dino had cleaned off Gage’s face. Six...”
– A Father’s Pain, a Judge’s Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach - Los Angeles Times
Amazing writing, but…I can’t get through stuff like this.
Shoot! (full story) : Cazart →
The Incredible True Story of the Collar Bomb Heist... →
The Net Delusion: Does free information mean free... →
At the start of the twenty-first century we were promised that the internet would liberate the world. We could come together as never before, and from Iran’s ‘twitter revolution’ to Facebook…
Future Tense: The Space Elevator →
The idea of the space elevator has been around for over a century. But in recent years teams of scientists and engineers have been actively working on the concept. So could the elevator become a…
“You’re thankful that the second man is now long out of sight.”
– Franz Kafka’s Passers-by
"The Moon Above His Head" - All Salon - Salon.com →
YOU'VE BEEN VERBED | More Intelligent Life →
a blueprint for the mobile-enhanced boutique «... →
Bill Buxton @ Design by fire →
Natural User Interface (NUI), is one of the favorite flavors du jour in certain interaction design and user experience circles. The term signals a change from the Graphical User Interface (GUI), that…