Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
Following sfsignal’s review of “Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 edited by Haber and Strahan” I read Neil Gaiman’s 2004 Hugo Short Story Winner :”A Study in Emerald” all part of Shadows Over Baker Street here’s hoping fluffcthulhu approves. (If Continue reading Sherlock Holmes meets H. P. Lovecraft
science fiction writer Charlie Stross has released to the wild his Singularity! – A Tough Guide to the Rapture of the Nerds. Developed using Tiddlywiki, an experimental microcontent WikiWikiWeb built by Jeremy Ruston written in HTML and JavaScript, it has Continue reading Rapture of the Nerds, A Tough Guide
Ok, so we just watched the end of “24“, Day 4. I think I know what’s going to happen in Day 5! “In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they Continue reading Jack Bauer’s Day 4 ends
Evening spent with fluffcthulhu, and minions feorag and autopope, along with dozen odd Torontorians (like rfmcdpei) at C’est What for drinks and a wide ranging talks. An enjoyable time, much beer, many all world problems solved, and if the world Continue reading Problem Solving with our Cephalopod uberlord
Via Waxy.org: Links Archives: May 2005 we have Chicago Crime, A freely browse-able database of crimes reported in Chicago, viewable by Crime type/Street/Date/Police district, Mapped with Google Maps!! They drill down to a very fine level of Detail: the block Continue reading Remixing Crime with Gmaps
First I read Paul Graham’s latest essay: Hiring is Obsolete, then I read (Via gizmode) that dodgeball.com was acquired by Google (dodgeball is a cellphone / SMS hook-up service ), run by two guys (only 2 guys!), who started it Continue reading Hiring is Obsolete and Google agrees