Links for 25-11-2006
Graffiti – Tats Cru in action, the Wait Equation, open source gift guide, bionic foot, UK spectrum opens up, crowdsourcing vigilantism…
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“Part of what’s really exciting about these films is that they teach new ways of looking at graffiti as a meaningful form of cultural expression, providing illustrations of key terms and concepts from their world…”
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2 – Whale watching“…the latest Microsoft Flight Simulator apparently allows developers a fuller range of simulated object creation … For example, I read somewhere that one could create AI whales swimming off the coast of Nova Scotia.”
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“When do you decide to launch a starship? It’s a question based as much on cultural assumptions as technology.”
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“There are hundreds of gift guides this holiday season filled with junk you can buy – but a lot of time you actually don’t own it, can’t improve upon it, can’t share it or make it better… certainly can’t post the plans, schematics and source code either
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“BP also built an oil-drilling platform on the land and has brought oil worth $1.6 billion to the surface. The Oenga family is suing the government for failing to negotiate royalties on the platform.” Good luck with that.
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“The greatest mass extinction of all time led to the proliferation of complex marine life that quickly dominated the undersea scene, according to a new analysis of the fossil record.”
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“The replacement foot uses artificial intelligence to mimic a human one, employing a miniature computer and sensors to learn and imitate the way [he] walks. It also learns how a particular movement may signal he is going to change pace, climb or run.”
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“Now certain FM transmitters, which can be tuned to spare frequencies, will be legal [in the UK] from 8 December. Ofcom will also remove the need for a licence to use Citizens’ Band radio.” Keep your wheels spinnin’…
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“These are outtakes from the SCI FI Wire piece I did about John Scalzi’s new novel, The Android’s Dream a couple weeks ago.”
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Does what it says on the tin. Call my doctor, the flashbacks have started again…
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“The task of defining Science Fiction goes astray because most attempts assume “fiction” is the category, and words are spent trying to find the distinctive feature separating Science Fiction from the surrounding mainstream…”
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12 – Tom Baker Blog“A fellow once said to me, ‘Don’t say anything Doctor, I’ll just look at you.’ I told him that was absolutely fine, but after an hour of being stared at I began to feel a bit impinged upon!” The definitive Doctor has a temporary blog – no bull.
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A Scalzi humour re-run. A little early in the year, but still very funny.
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14 – Street Justice“Apparently, a cyclist had a run-in with a driver, who then ran over his bike and drove off. But not before the cyclist took down the driver’s license plate number, which he later posted online…” Rushkoff points out some smartmob vigilantism.
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“In the last decades, we have seen the content business have to adapt to a frightening new reality: The cost to create a minute of content has risen exponentially, but the fair market value of a minute of content has plummeted.” Raph Koster.
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“Yesterday, I finished reading an anthology that answers a very specific question that I image I share with a lot of people right now, namely ‘What is this new Solaris Books imprint all about?’” Lou Anders seems impressed.
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