Thanks to the astonishing Jeremiah Tolbert, this site is back in business. Time to get busy. Thanks again, Jeremy.
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Aaaaaaand We’re Back
Sunday, July 26th, 2009Some Suggestions for My Site
Monday, May 18th, 2009I have been getting a lot of suggestions in the comment section. I thought I would share them. They seem like really good suggestions. There are so many helpful people out there, willing to pitch in with suggestions! Here is just a sample:
- Reseller hosting suggests, “Great article, I completely agree with what your saying – as I have posted a lot of comments here now, I was wondering if you have egold as i have some spare cash in my egold account I want to donate to the site! “
- Hosting offers this gem: “I think you should set up some top contributers list every month the way im going!”
Thanks, commenters! I’m going to just keep adding your great suggestions to this post as they come in. It really means a lot to me that so many people care to send ideas.
Clute Joins SciFi Wire, Hilarity Ensues
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009John Clute is doing his thing once again, in a venue that is really, really, really not ready for him.
16th and Mission
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008Behold the Air Loom
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
I see from the Wikipedia entry on James Tilly Matthews that some use of this remarkable mythology has been made in fiction, but clearly not enough. I attended the wretched movie Wanted in hopes that something like this would surely be involved in a movie about a cabal of weavers who receive instructions from a mysterious loom…but this material remains to be exploited. I only hope it falls into worthy hands.
Myths of the Shelter Children
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Myths Over Miami is still one of the most amazing things I’ve ever read. Over 11 years old, the link still works.
Something Else to Worry About
Monday, June 23rd, 2008Could an autonomous AI be prone to self-deprecation?
Algis Budrys: 1931-2008
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008This Locus notice gives word that Algis Budrys has passed away. Among his accomplishments, it fails to note that in the 70s, Locus itself ran Budrys’s monthly column on the art of writing, which was highly technical, precise, and illuminating. These formative essays deeply colored the way I thought about the thing I most wanted to do with my life.
So, another fine teacher.
My Favorite T-Shirt
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
I saw this shirt in Berkeley several months ago, in a shop on Telegraph Ave. By chance I tracked it down this morning, only to learn that they are all sold out.
Anyway, Travis Pitt’s other designs are also awesome.
And this YTMND is suitably ubiq.
And don’t miss this beautiful variation on the theme. The theme of Pac-Man.
Southland Tales Reconsidered
Thursday, May 29th, 2008Justin Timberlake’s shellshocked music video from Southland Tales.
Lucius Shepard has a good take on the movie, which is an entertaining mess that most will hate, but which I enjoyed. It reminded me of the great sloppy sf satires of the 50′s–far more like a real Philip K. Dick novel than the sanitized Seinfeld-like sketches of Linklater’s adaptation of A Scanner Darkly. I guess it’s what Kelly did after realizing his Cat’s Cradle screenplay was never going to get made. People don’t make movies like this anymore. They don’t even write books like this. I’m a fan.