April 2009
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“Only it wasn’t his ear.” (via Huffington Post)
Apr 29th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Superhero evolution, 140 characters at a time.
Weird fiction scholar Jess Nivens delivers his lecture, “The Evolution of the Concept of the Superhuman,” via twitter: # “The Evolution of the Concept of the Superhuman” # In the beginning was Gilgamesh & Enkidu. # Skip forward 2000 years. # The second beginning was the Gothic. But—Arabian Fantasies fed into the Gothic, especially the one about the superpowered...
Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Endless loop: A brief history of chiptunes →
“Chiptune refers to a collection of related music production and performance practices sharing a history with video game soundtracks. The evolution of early chiptune music tells an alternate narrative about the hardware, software, and social practices of personal computing in the 1980s and 1990s.” (via Offworld)
Apr 17th
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TV Writing: Pilot School →
“Read how it all started.” John August: An absolute gold mine. If you’re thinking about writing TV, clear your schedule and start reading.
Apr 14th
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“Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter.” (via The Huffington Post)
Apr 12th
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If Only Literature Could Be a Cellphone-Free Zone →
“It’s humorous to think that if Joseph has an iPhone, there’s no Judaism.” (The solution, of course, is literature where cellphones are not just tolerated, but necessary — Warren Ellis’ Global Frequency, for instance.)
Apr 12th
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“When I stand here, I’m standing with my dad, and my grandad. Nothing between us...”
– Warren Ellis, in his blog
Apr 11th
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"Cosmic Gall" by John Updike
Neutrinos they are very small. They have no charge and have no mass And do not interact at all. The earth is just a silly ball To them, through which they simply pass, Like dustmaids down a drafty hall Or photons through a sheet of glass. They snub the most exquisite gas, Ignore the most substantial wall, Cold-shoulder steel and sounding brass, Insult the stallion in his stall, And,...
Apr 7th
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Apr 5th
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This one’s for you, Nell!
Apr 3rd
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“There’s something that’s really so wonderful that the camera and the microphone...”
– Wallace Shawn, interviewed by The Onion A/V Club
Apr 1st