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Linebarger in China 30 Oct 2007 | 08:00 am
I recently commented to Kate Elliot that Paul Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith) was a college classmate of L. Ron Hubbard. I decided to dig up my source for this tidbit, a review of a Hubbard biograph...
More sculpture; videos. 15 Jul 2007 | 03:10 pm
Following up on Ted's robot post: Terri posted this great video of Theo Jansen's sculptures over at the Endicott Studio blog. In the comments, seeming like spam, there was a link to a Youtube piece,...
toys for cyborgs 13 Jul 2007 | 07:25 pm
After Readercon I visited the MIT Museum, and for me the coolest exhibit by far was the collection of Arthur Ganson's kinetic sculptures. Photos can't do them justice, and even videos don't capture th...
"Appalling" doesn't cover it 16 Jun 2007 | 10:49 am
It takes a lot to penetrate my outrage fatigue these days, but here's a news item that did it: remember the four Blackwater contractors killed in Fallujah in 2004? Now Blackwater is suing their famili...
Feudalism in Modern Times 9 Mar 2007 | 04:24 am
For everyone who thought feudalism was dead, I give you the Island of Sark. The LA Times has an article on the political controversy.
The folding alone took 40 hours 22 Feb 2007 | 10:58 pm
Here's an origami dragon made from a single sheet of square paper, two meters on a side. Look at those scales. According to this article, it would take 40 hours just to fold the thing, assuming you kn...
Artform no. 1 1 Feb 2007 | 05:45 pm
I saw this sculpture on a magazine cover recently, and was in awe. Information about the artist and how he came to make it despite having no background in sculpture is here. If I had $39,000 in my art...
Laugh a minute news 28 Dec 2006 | 06:35 am
Been watching the so-far brilliant State of Play which makes this story seem all the more on-the-spot: The GOP's $3 Billion Propaganda Organ "Washington Times articles are routinely cited by C-SPAN,...
Gimme Back My Future 3 Dec 2006 | 04:17 pm
The shabby modernist utopia of the United Nations complex: go, and see. Phone booths! (Although, I don't care much for the chairs.)
Out of my range 29 Sep 2006 | 10:12 am
If you've been wondering why recorded music doesn't sound as good as it used to (if you are of a certain age, that is), here's why.
