January 2010
78 posts
January 31st 2010 →
Mirrored from RADIOMARU.com.
Macs everywhere →
The Setup is a neat site. They find (somewhat) famous techie people and interview them about what hardware and software they use. I was browsing through it because I recognised some of the names,…
Cold Wars: The Fight Against the Common Cold by... →
Oxford University Press (2002), Hardcover, 256 pages
Going to miss the Dollhouse…but at least there’s Caprica!
Grarg, re-annoyed that I didn’t get Magnetic Fields tickets.
This Happens to me FAR Too Often
liamcassidy:
At what point have you checked your email, your Facebook, your Twitter feed, your RSS subscriptions, browsed YouTube, Vimeo, Digg, Reddit, checked your email, checked your iPhone for text messages, scanned through your todo list, refreshed your Twitter feed, reblogged that ironic photo, checked your email, read pages and pages of Daring Fireball, complained that the iPad isn’t...
“I’ve just been told something I didn’t know; that eating pork improves your sex...”
– Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez on a little known side benefit of the other white meat. As a lover of swine, particularly the slow cooked and pulled variety that my home state of North Carolina does so very well, I encourage this bit of rather non-scientific folklore. (via saltandfat)
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nionionio comments on xkcd: Spirit →
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Hacker News | Greasemonkey script to remove iPad... →
My favourite iPad story
A new class of content for a new class of device «... →
RT @badmachinery: RT @mokuroku: I’m excited about iPad. With property prices so high it’ll be great to have an affordable place to live.
RT @pageantmalarkey: “If aliens were on Twitter we could ask them to come and say hello.” #bbc3 #fail #facepalm #headdesk #dannydyer #du …
RT @badmachinery: I am buying some credit default swaps and shortselling like crazy, come on guys, it’s party time!! #partytime
“My idea of a perfect government is one guy who sits in a small room at a desk,...”
– Ron, Parks and Recreation
Richard Stallman on The Setup →
technovia:
Got to agree with John Gruber: Whatever you think of Stallman, he walks the walk.
RT @cjerrells: My VW camper van has been stolen :( Details: http://www.justkampers.com/forum2/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=153577 Londoners, plea …
You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto by Jaron Lanier →
Knopf (2010), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 224 pages
OVERTIME, a new Charlie Stross James Bond/Cthulhu... →
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Can’t wait for the new Laundry novel!
Tor.com’s got a new Charlie Stross “Laundry” story, part of his series of stories wherein Cthulhu meets James Bond, as part of its Cthulhu…
The Night Sessions: A Novel by Ken MacLeod →
Orbit (2009), Paperback, 400 pages
RT @OmarShahine: Amazing photos of US Navy in Haiti http://www.flickr.com/photos/37893727@N07/
Portus Gwent →
But for his one, heinous crime, Portus Gwent (1940-) might be considered an insignificant footnote to human history. An adequate father to Pam and Jimmy, a casual but occasionally inspired…
BETT 2010: It's not just about computing →
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Creepy.
The British Education and Training Technology exhibition has been helping to computerise schools since 1985, but it now goes a lot further than putting computers on…
Dollhouse: “The Hollow Men” →
In another world, Dollhouse is one of the best and most significant TV sf series ever made. In our world … well, we got what we got. It’s still Whedon’s most ambitious and provocative metaphoric…
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Nakatomi Space [BLDGBLOG:]
“While watching Die Hard the other night—one of the best architectural films of the past 25 years—I kept thinking about an essay called “Lethal Theory” by Eyal…
The Life And Times Of Martha Washington In The... →
Dark Horse (2009), Hardcover, 600 pages
Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America... →
Tor Books (2009), Hardcover, 416 pages
Little Green Men, Meowing Nuns and Head-hunting... →
McFarland & Co Inc (2001), Paperback, 293 pages
Nemesis: The Death Star - Story of a Scientific... →
Mandarin (1990), Edition: New edition, Paperback, 208 pages
Bitter Angels by C. L. Anderson →
Spectra Books (2009), Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages
No Logo: No Space. No Choice. No Jobs by Naomi... →
Flamingo (2001), Edition: New Ed, Paperback, 512 pages
The Manuscript by Michael Stephen Fuchs →
Pan (2008), Paperback, 352 pages
Hatless Jack: The President, the Fedora and the... →
Granta Books (2005), Paperback, 320 pages
Tom Strong: v. 1 by Alan Moore →
Titan Books Ltd (2009), Edition: De Luxe edition, Hardcover, 336 pages
Yellow Blue Tibia: A Novel by Adam Roberts →
Gollancz (2009), Paperback, 336 pages
Seasonal Spanish Food by José Pizarro →
Kyle Cathie (2009), Hardcover, 240 pages
Too Big to Fail: Inside the Battle to Save Wall... →
Allen Lane (2009), Paperback, 640 pages
The New Space Opera 2 by Gardner Dozois →
Eos (2009), Paperback, 560 pages
Get High Now: Without Drugs by James Nestor →
Chronicle Books (2009), Paperback, 267 pages
Experimental Man: What One Man's Body Reveals... →
John Wiley & Sons (2009), Hardcover, 384 pages
The Alchemy of Stone by Ekaterina Sedia →
Prime Books LLC (2009), Paperback, 304 pages
Non-Adhesive Binding: Books without Paste or Glue:... →
Keith A. Smith Books (1999), Edition: Revised & Expanded ed, Paperback, 352 pages
Crystal Nights and Other Stories by Greg Egan →
Subterranean Press (2009), Hardcover, 320 pages