Archive for July, 2008

To sleep, to dream … to google?

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Here's a great (but highly technical) fiction short story.  It's worth reading through to the end, even if you don't get all the Computer-Science lingo: Engineers' Dreams by George Dyson

The sky above the port

Friday, July 25th, 2008

I was reading an article on great Sci-Fi opening lines, Neuromancer was very near the top. Though, in the discussion, someone noted that future generations, and even young people today will have a different mental image when it comes to "dead channels" <-- This is what we know. But TV screens don't ...

Gaming Music Orchestra

Friday, July 25th, 2008

http://www.eminenceonline.com/news.php These guys do a lot of cool songs, really good stuff. The One Winged Angel video is especially awesome.

Ficlets

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

So, I was turned on to this through Wil Wheaton's blog and it looks really interesting. It's a collaborative fiction thing online. You write a short section of a story and then anyone can come along and write either a prequel or sequel to your section. It's an AOL community ...

Adventure of Cat!

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-212.html Try the other games on the sidebar, they're all really awesome.

Oh-Yeah!

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Kool-Aid Man attacks Chicago

Woober arrives with awesomeness!

Friday, July 18th, 2008

Yo! Here comes the best movie of all time: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1214128517/bctid1320122200

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

This is completely awesome, except for where it's even more completely awesome. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Act I ... and now, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Act II

Also, this:

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

The Best Name Ever. And Chris, please remember to put Woober on the Blog list. And Amanda, if you are reading this, it is your turn to post. I'll be calling you soon to let you know, or try.

There is no data, only XUL.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

XUL... I'm very interested, since not only does it extend FireFox, which I'm sure I could use to some no-good advantage, but it is also a decent open source application framework. CeltX is based off of it, so I believe you can build some pretty full featured programs off of ...