Richard Calder, panspermia, vultures, graffiti, hard drives…

• 1 – The Rebel With A Clue: An Interview With Richard Calder
  Calder writes SF/F that is loquacious, deeply symbolic and more than a little saucy at times. This interview showcases his unique way with words.
  (tags: interview literature Calder Richard scifi SF writing genre fiction science)
• 2 – The Evolution Prize
  Disprove panspermia, win $100,000! Link via New Scientist Technology Blog.
  (tags: science biology research prize theory panspermia evolution)
• 3 – Tarot Iconography Museum
  Does what it says on the tin. Link via Coudal Partners.
  (tags: occult symbols pictures iconography history tarot design)
• 4 – Does Futurism Have A Future?
  Yes, as long as people grok what the word actually means. TechDirt sum it up nicely.
  (tags: hypothetical possibilities scenarios thinking forward definition futurism)
• 5 – …maybe try adding rockets! space rockets!
  Dinosaur Comics is rapidly becoming my favourite webcomic. Click through to see why. They do RSS, so there’s no excuse to not follow it for a week and get the flavour.
  (tags: humour backpacking travel space rockets future Comics Dinosaur)
• 6 – Vulture trap
  If a lump of foam can destroy a space shuttle, imagine what a full-grown vulture could do.
  (tags: launch safety trap vulture Florida Station Kennedy shuttle space)
• 7 – Supercomputer funeral
  RIP, ASCI Red. Seriously though, did they not consider selling it, cannibalising it or just giving it away to some destitute research facility? Strikes me as a bit of a waste.
  (tags: computer technology Laboratories National Sandia Red ASCI retirement funeral supercomputer)
• 8 – Shock of the Neue: Graffiti Fonts By Graffiti Writers
  Does what it says on the tin. Link via Coudal partners.
  (tags: typeset style design computer fonts typography graffiti)
• 9 – “Chromophores” Emerge as New Class of Nanoscale Semiconductors
  In layman’s terms: very very small wires that conduct very very quickly.
  (tags: physics conductor circuit nanoscale technology chromophores electronics nanotech)
• 10 – New Way Suggested to Search for Life on Mars
  Method #6576; examine and analyse ‘desert varnish’.
  (tags: DNA organic coating silica varnish desert rocks Martian Mars life space)
• 11 – Leaking hard drives
  Seagate patents sealed and lubricated super-capacity hard-drives. More space for files you’ll never look at twice.
  (tags: lubricant capacity storage data patent drive hard Seagate technology computer)
• 12 – Just One Word: Fructose
  Just one reason: it can be used instead of oil to make plastics.
  (tags: environment science technology chemistry manufacturing sugar fruit fructose petroleum oil plastics)
• 13 – Open Source Smack-Down
  Unix-makers case against Linux-makers thrown out by courts. w00t!
  (tags: victory legal source open Unix Linux code theft IP case court SCO IBM)