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This is what happens when you drive on the wrong side of the road
Department of Sloppy Writing
I’m reading Emergence, by Steven Johnson. I’m not terribly impressed in general, it reads at the depth of, well, a WIRED article. Which is fine when its free and article-length, but is a bit frustrating in a book-length format for which I paid.
There’s one particular point he makes which is not only flawed, but really [...]
Should you be charging for something labeled “beta”
I just sprang for the “pro” version of Remember The Milk, entirely so I could get the native iPhone app. It’s $25 per year, and I wonder if there’s any other examples of iPhone apps which are effectively subscriptions. $25 a year also seems a little steep for another interface to a database which they [...]
Gibson is being a tease
Bohemian
Mr. Fish
Species
Fifteen
The Gabriel Hounds
C’mon, can we please have the book now?
Making progress
The stack on the left, I’ve read. This is mostly to prove that I can post from my shiny new iPhone.
That’s pretty much how it works
http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2009/02/11/the-system-150/
Occasionally, code comes out too.
Does this mean that foodies are more evolved?
Wired on how humans have evolved to rely on cooked food.
Random bits of licensing weirdness
So of the various Lord of the Rings movies, only the first and third are available to stream via Netflix, at least for a Mac. What the hell?
BSG’s back
Ron Moore, and some of the writers, pontificate on the latest Battlestar Galactica episode here. Spoilers abound, if you’re not caught up and you don’t want to be, move along.
So… how ’bout that 5th cylon? For all Moore’s comments about how it’s been planned since season 3, he’s been known to lie to preserve the [...]
Who says various flavors of fundies can’t get along?
After all, they’ve all got their apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction. Via The Daily Dish, an interesting review of L’Apocalypse dans l’Islam. Judging by the review, I don’t have nearly the background in Islamic studies necessary to easily appreciate the book, but just the review is illuminating. I can’t imagine why Hegghammer, the reviewer, didn’t refer [...]