Links for 27-02-2007
Mocking Conservapedia (AKA fish-in-a-barrell), Judge Dredd turns thirty, Interzone turns twenty five…
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1 – The Politics of the Cactus
Laughing at Conservapedia is the meme of the moment – here’s a great example of why, and of how easy it is. Via the Double Boing.
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“It was once for children, now it’s much loved by adults but the authors of legendary British comic 2000AD are shocked how many of their predictions have come to pass.” BBC news from MegaCity1.
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3 – OpenCongress
“OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to help make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement.” We need a UK equivalent of this, like, yesterday.
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4 – Musique Concrete: Transforming Space, Sound, and the City Through Skateboarding
“…an interactive performance piece which explores sound and the urban landscape through the physical movements on a skateboard. The result is a musical composition which transforms the skateboarder into a composer.” Gnarly!
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5 – Invention: YouTube watermarks
“When the clip then reappears on the web, its owner can automatically be identified and viewers can be targeted with adverts that generate revenue for the original copyright owner.” Yeah, like that won’t ever be hacked.
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6 – A Jovian Outpost: The Fifty Year Plan
“Ad astra incrementis — you get to the stars one step at a time, and as you go up those steps, you realize that each one has taken you that much farther than the last.”
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7 – Turn Gmail Into Your Personal Nerve Center
“With its gobs of storage, speed and tremendous search/tagging capabilities, you can transform it into a personal nerve center that’s available from any computer or mobile device.” Steve Rubel knows the score.
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8 – Quick-thinking Banks writes hit festival’s closing chapter
“Banks also delivered a robust defence of the science fiction genre which, he said, was ‘one of the most important genres in literature, certainly since the industrial revolution’.” Go, Banksie!
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9 – Interzone’s 25th anniversary
“One of the true pillars of the British SF&F community is about to celebrate the big quarter of a century marker: yes, folks, believe it or not, Interzone turns twenty five with the next issue due on the 10th of March.”
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10 – The Rapid Transformation Of Publishing Economics
“The death of print publishing is coming, it’s just a matter of whether it happens in 5 years, 10 years, or 15 years. I’m betting it happens sooner than anyone expects.” Via Captain Sterling.
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11 – The End of Hollywood
“They’re growing less and less relevant, and it’s only a matter of time before they become so irrelevant that people stop paying attention. I give the Oscars fifteen more years.” I hope Dave Edelman is right.
