From a british show called “Time Trumpet”, which purports to be a look back at the first 30 years of the 21st century. I really wouldn’t be all that surprised if something like this ends up being the reality TV of the future.
You don’t think I went all Microsoft Office just because I moved to Mac, do you? No siree. Thanks to my friend Fabricio I found a great page on Open Source Mac software, software that not only is freely available but for which the code is available for improvements by other developers. Of […]
There was one Neil Gaiman story left on the shelf the last time: Signal To Noise. Probably out of print, it’s a tale of a dying movie director who’s trying to finish, in his head, a movie of the coming apocalypse at the end of the first century. Beautifully illustrated by Dave McKean, […]
The Free Software Foundation has started a campaign called Bad Vista, aimed at educating users as to the dangers of falling into the software lock-in trap posed by Microsoft’s latest software ‘upgrade’. Even if you might not be jumping to a freer operating system in the next few months, it’s worth checking it […]
After dealing with the serialized books for a while I decided to switch to something more concise, self-contained, and found just what I was looking for in Scott Morse’s The Complete Soulwind. A tapestry of interwoven stories, all dealing with a legendary sword whether directly or tangentially, it’s a wonderful fairy tale illustrated just […]
Looking at my library, I realize that I’ve been reading a lot of graphic material - call it graphic novels, collected comics, or what you will. I hadn’t really commented on these lately, so here’s a few short notes on those that spring to mind.
Let’s take out the garbage first. Fabricio lent me - […]
An 8-year-old working from what is a very funny script ranting about Bill O’Reilly’s comments on videogames and music.
A hilarious attempt at viral marketing by the Bastard Fairies, a band I’ve never heard of.
“It’s got good 20 years happy motoring ahead of it… or has it?”
A report scheduled to be released by the Treasury Department tomorrow is expected to show the true deficit in the Bush administration’s 2006 federal budget to be an astounding $3.5 trillion in the red, not $248.2 billion as previously reported.
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“The United States is bankrupt,” he insisted. “With less than one-tenth of the actual deficit being […]
When you start reading authors whom you had heard nothing of before you’re kind of playing a quality raffle: they open a bag, you stick your hand in, grope around for a while and eventually come out with a ticket. Rarely it’s valid for that perfect combination of an interesting idea with good […]