Links for 26-05-2008
Rare Earth hypothesis debunked; sexism and genre crit; cooking oil piracy; cybernetic implants 101 …
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“… while we’re all juggling many different balls in our lives, it’s crucial to know which will bounce (rubber) and which will shatter (glass) if we drop them.”
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2 – Typogridphy — A Typographical and Grid Layout CSS Framework From Harry Roberts of CSS Wizardry“Typogridphy is a CSS framework constructed to allow web designers and front-end developers to quickly code typograhically pleasing grid layouts.” OOOOOH, SHINY – thanks, JT!
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“In terms of which books sell plentifully and are acclaimed among knowledgeable fans, speculative fiction is not male-dominated at all – quite the opposite. It is the critical establishment which marginalises women.”
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“There’s nothing special about the Sun that makes it more likely than other stars to host life, a new study shows. The finding adds weight to the idea that alien life should be common throughout the universe.”
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Proof that real life tends to steal my ploy ideas less than a year after I think of them. Note to self – must write faster, or think further ahead.
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“Of course, in every one of these cases, the copyright lobby’s arguments have focused on the threat of “piracy.” But when they’ve won, the practical result has been to give content creators the power to control the evolution of media devices.”
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“The use of the term “cybernetic” hints at where the difficulty lies – traditionally, cybernetics is the study of the interactions within complex systems with an emphasis on feedback and control.”
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“One of the hardest things to grapple with as a futurist is the sheer banality of tomorrow.”
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Free web-based True-Type font building system. Ba-zing!
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