Librovision, futurepunk, WordPress moblogging guide, artificial hearts now available…

• 1 – Librovision – Virtual Book
  “Librovision is an interactive installation where users ‘can leaf through a virtual book, enlarge details or shift them about on the display surface by using simple hand motions and without physically touching the computer or the monitor screen.’” VCTB lo
  (tags: virtual futurism technology display interaction representation visual books Librovision)
• 2 – Really Free Software
  The business world’s perspective on the relentless rise of Ubuntu Linux. Here’s a hint – they seem to think it’s a winner.
  (tags: Shuttleworth Mark commerce business source open FOSS software Ubuntu Linux free)
• 3 – What’s your fiction worth?
  “Here’s another fact of life: authors will never get a large advance if they don’t work hard for a low one. But is it truly a matter of money? I see it as a matter of self-respect.” Katherine Kerr on the value of self-editing in genre fiction.
  (tags: sf scifi fantasy fiction science books novels stories literature genre writing advice)
• 4 – futurepunk
  Musical cyberpunk2.0. At last! Link via Warren Ellis.
  (tags: radio internet web subculture futurepunk circuitbending cyberpunk music UK)
• 5 – English Russia » An Abandoned City
  “Here is a little photo-session of an abandoned city. When the Soviet Union collapsed, government didn’t have much funds to support some small cities around strategically import objects.” Snaps from the (former) USSR, via BoingBoing.
  (tags: decay suburban ruins buildings Russia photos images architecture abandoned)
• 6 – SMART-1 Impact Dust Cloud
  Pictures from the collision of SMART-1 and the moon. Pretty uninspiring until you look at the scale of the images…
  (tags: Moon images pictures cloud dust collision impact satellite probe lunar SMART-1 space)
• 7 – Write a Novel
  An online guide for fiction writer n00bs. Could well come in handy.
  (tags: tutorial resources online novel literature guide course advice fiction writing)
• 8 – Moblogging For WordPress: The Ariana Solution
  “…my friend Ariana hit the website with a big sh*tty stick until the moblogging system started working…So I got her to write down how she did it.” Helpful hints at warrenellis.com!
  (tags: tools hacks tricks cronless plugin tips moblog blog mobile wordpress)
• 9 – Shapely passwords
  “Having trouble remembering your computer passwords? Perhaps you would find it easier to remember shapes instead.” I *so* need this to get off the ground, I hate having to remember passwords.
  (tags: technology identity security aid memory grid numerical graphical shapes passwords idea patent invention)
• 10 – Sound blaster cleans contaminated soil
  Ultrasound to remove ‘persistant organic pollutants’. Sounds like a good plan.
  (tags: environment ecology prototype device cleaner ultrasound pollutants persistant PCB DDT chemicals organic pollution soil)
• 11 – Dark matter ‘proof’ called into doubt
  “Moffat claims that his MOG theory can explain the Bullet cluster without an ounce of dark matter.” Well, they’re disagreeing, but at least it’s not about the definition of an arbitrary ancient word, eh?
  (tags: science debate controversy physics theory gravity alternative collision galaxies matter dark cosmology astronomy space)
• 12 – Artificial Heart Cleared for Market
  “The first self-contained implanted artificial heart received U.S. government approval for patients who are all out of options and would otherwise die.” The transhumanist lobby must be stoked.
  (tags: transhumanism futurism technology organ cybernetic mechanical ineligible transplant failure heart health medicine)
• 13 – The Several Habits of Wildly Successful del.icio.us Users
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: tagging hacks bookmarking reference tags tools tips howto del.icio.us)

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