Links for 14-09-2006
Writing craft, Google for banned books, searching Shakespeare, Chernobyl photo-essay…
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“This week’s mass grieving in response to the death of Australian crocodile hunter Steve Irwin is part of a fairly recent phenomenon dependent on the mass media, say experts.” Australia’s Diana moment?
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Another super-sexy case-mod at Metku-mods…the ultimate LAN-party rig, screen and computer in one box with all the requisite plexi and LED action. Nice.
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Writing tips from Kate Elliot at DeepGenre.
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“It’s hard to imagine a world without these extraordinary literary classics, but every year there are hundreds of attempts to remove great books from libraries and schools.” So Google are making it easy for us to explore them. Score one non-evil point.
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“…senators, of praetors, common suitors / Will crowd a feeble man almost to death…” Search engine for mining the works of The Bard, forsooth!
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“…clearly indicating that efforts to stem the spread of illegal drugs on Britain’s streets are failing.” No, really? Well, who’d have expected that.
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Cabalistic Sephiroth / tube-map mash-up. Very cool.
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“This project explores the possibilities of a symbiotic relationship between two different systems of organization, technology and nature… to theoretically alter newly planted trees in the last remaining Yew forest- Kingley Vale.” Not just cool, but loc
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“Psychologists have launched a study to find out why some people who hear voices in their head consider it a positive experience while others find it distressing.” Never did us any harm.
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“The World Bank is showing a growing enthusiasm for funding new large dams, especially in Africa. Yet according to a leading ecologist … this policy threatens to drive parts of the world back into poverty.” Things change by remaining the same.
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Photo essay – does what it says on the tin. Look out for random graffiti / street art by some legendary French guy.
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12 – Sci-Fi Ascendant“Chinese science fiction was born in the years just after the formation of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, when the government saw the genre as a tool for promoting science.” Seed magazine reports on Chinese SF.
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13 – { the major arcana }A modern remix of the major arcana of the Tarot. Funky stuff, via BoingBoing.
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“Tiny black holes near the galaxy’s centre can fling stars out of the Milky Way at break-neck speeds, a new study suggests. Previously, only the supermassive black hole there was thought to be able to produce these “hypervelocity” stars.” Cosmology weirdn
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“Web site Smartpox lets you create barcodes for any URL, email, or phone number.” This will either blow up, or flop completely, but I rather like the idea for some reason. Huge in Japan, I’m told.
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“A century and a half after the first Neanderthal bones were coaxed from a German lime quarry, new evidence suggests that these puzzling hominids survived thousands of years longer than anyone thought.”
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“… the U.S. Air Force is getting set to trial a B-52 powered by a mix of synthetic and JP-8 fuel …” Smells like…partial victory.
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“Freeman Dyson among others has speculated about the physical changes that could occur as the human species spreads into the cosmos. How will evolution deal with a colony world in a distant star system, and how long will it take before serious differentia
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“Astronomers using a tiny amateur-class telescope and off-the-shelf camera lenses have found a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a star 500 light-years from Earth.” w00t! Score one for the little guys.
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“The aim is to develop robots that can remotely inspect inaccessible or hazardous areas, such as nuclear installations or gas pipelines.” Not the sort of jobs people are going to queue up for, that’s for sure.
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21 – Fly by light“Roger Shawyer has developed an engine with no moving parts that he believes can replace rockets and make trains, planes and automobiles obsolete.” A propellant-free propulsion device … and he lives just a few miles from here, too. Weird.
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