New webzine from Rudy Rucker, author and editor interviews, library pr0n, Arnie goes solar…

• 1 – Locus Online: Ian McDonald interview excerpts
  Does what it says on the tin. I can’t wait until Brasyl is published, that book’s gonna kick some serious arse.
  (tags: writing literature books Brasyl Gods River McDonald Ian interview sf scifi fiction science)
• 2 – Interview with Jetse de Vries
  The Slushmaster interviews Jetse, assistant fiction ed. at Interzone, and general jovial Dutch man-mountain. Link via Gareth Lyn Powell.
  (tags: editor assistant stories short magazine sf scifi fiction science Interzone Vries de Jetse interview)
• 3 – Hot Library Smut
  This is pure pr0n for library staff, or any other type of book obsessive – pictures of the interior of some of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Mmmmmm. Via Metafilter.
  (tags: images libraries pictures books photography architecture library)
• 4 – Mathematicians Solve the ‘Cocktail Party Problem’
  “How could they separate one sound – perhaps a voice – from a group of other recorded sounds, perhaps a multitude of voices at a cocktail party?” It’s an old problem, but these people reckon they’ve cracked it.
  (tags: technology background noise audio detection separation voice sound mathematics problem party cocktail)
• 5 – Schwarzenegger Signs Solar Law
  When they made Arnie governor, I thought it was one of the biggest jokes that politics would ever throw out. Now it seems he’s one of the most sane and sensible ones about. Go, California!
  (tags: environment ecology emissions gas greenhouse panels solar energy renewable law bill new Governor California Schwarzenegger)
• 6 – The Ecorider motorcycle runs on diesel or homemade biodiesel
  Say you wanted to remake Mad Max 2, but in a world of flooded plains and swamps instead of a desert – you’d be wanting a few of these bad-boys, for certain.
  (tags: vehicle agricultural power pressure tyres impact low offroad bike motorbike biodiesel EcoRider)
• 7 – Laser ‘tapping’ reveals cracks in rail tracks
  Does what it says on the tin.
  (tags: US technology safety derailment fissures flaws microscopic testing laser ultrasound track railway)
• 8 – Quantum Computer Summary
  Brian Wang at Advanced nanotech knows all you need to know about qubits, ion traps and electron bubbles…and he has the links to prove it.
  (tags: futurism bubble electron trap ion roundup links qubit computing quantum computer technology)
• 9 – 3D TV That Actually Works
  “A new line of 3D televisions by Philips uses the familiar trick of sending slightly different images to the left and right eyes – mimicking our stereoscopic view of the real world.” Not quite ready for release yet, but getting close: Wired reports.
  (tags: WOWvx Philips entertainment viewing television games computer technology TV 3D)
• 10 – Astronomers Discover Rapidly Forming, Large Proto-disc Galaxies
  “An international group of astronomers have discovered large disc galaxies akin to our Milky Way that must have formed on a rapid time scale, only 3 billion years after the Big Bang.” This means detailed images of galaxies in a formational stage.
  (tags: formation evolution bang big physics cosmology galaxies proto-disc forming rapidly space)
• 11 – FLURB, a Webzine of Astonishing Tales.
  Rudy Rucker launches his own lo-fi webzine – five original pieces now available. The design is a little…different…but the stories look like they will be more than good enough to make up for it. Plus, no ads! Cheers to the Mac for the tip-off.
  (tags: literature writing original magazine stories short sf scifi fiction science webzine Flurb Rucker Rudy)

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