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| 2009-07-11 11:12 |
| [links] Link salad, largely creative edition |
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Scale tip — Art writing guru James Gurney on telling details.
Barbie heals space martians, and cures interspecies racism! — Um, yah. (Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mikigal.)
A field guide to reproductive health — Art madness.
Welcome to Lunarville — Ah, me. Missed opportunities.
Robot land-steamers to consume all life on Earth as fuel
?otD: Virus or bacteria?
7/11/2009 Body movement: n/a (overslept due to ongoing chest cold) This morning's weigh-in: n/a (no scale at beach house) Currently reading: Cetaganda by Lois McMaster Bujold
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I think it is teh awesome! Artwork by Mari Kurisato.
Avatar © 2009 Mari Kurisato.
Original photo © 2009 B. Lake.
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| 2009-06-30 04:35 |
| [links] Link salad goes to the oncologist today |
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A reader with small love for Green [ Powell's | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Borders ]
The New Space Opera 2 is out [ Powell's | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Borders ] — Including my novelette "To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves", set in the Sunspin universe.
Images from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland — Wow.
Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre — Hahahaha. Serious art humor. (Thanks to goulo.)
Daguerre, Painter — Some awesome apocalyptic art.
Enceladus: Riddle of the Plumes — Centauri Dreams on oceans in space.
Igniting Fusion — Technology Review with some very big science, indeed.
?otD: Have you ever been to heaven?
6/30/2009 Body movement: 10 minutes of stretching and meditation (overslept for walking) This morning's weigh-in: 220.5 Currently reading: P.S. Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood
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Good cover art gone bad — A reader discusses the cover of Green [ Powell's | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Borders ].
Is Tor Books seeking to become the Amazon of science fiction and fantasy? — Simon Owens talks to Pablo Defendini. Interesting stuff about publishing and business models.
The Writer's Bathtub — Return of son of analogy. Useful metaphor for writers contemplating their careers.
Steorn perpetual motion machine, amazingly, may not work: independent jury resigns — Clearly a conspiracy is afoot.
In Every Black Man's Eyes--Death To The Rebel — Ta-Nehisi Coates with one of the more profound meditations on the black experience that I've ever read. Long but well worth it, especially for us white guys.
This outbreak of Three Panel Soul reminds of something I'd forgotten — An old story about how residents of Provo, Utah, are "disproportionately large consumers" of pornography. Which they prosecute in others, such as video store owner Larry W. Peterman. Ah, the consistency of moralism in conservative family values.
?otD: How do you spell Wednesday?
6/24/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 216.2 Currently reading: n/a (finished Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold)
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| 2009-06-16 02:56 |
| [links] Link salad wakes up in the Midwest again |
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Jumping Off the Cliff, Looking for Water on the Way Down — Me at Tor.com, on the process of creating a novel.
Full Bodied with bonus topic cleavage! — Green is so proud.
The infinitely receding future — Tom Tomorrow on working for exposure.
Stephane Halleuxs wonderful steampunk sculptures — Very nice.
Carried down the bay — Screw pile lighthouses?
The story of Schroedinger's cat (an epic poem) — A Straight Dope classic.
"Burning Walls" May Stop Black Hole Formation — Some heavy iron SFnal stuff from Technology Review.
A Longer Life for Earth's Biosphere? — More heavy iron from Centauri Dreams. Deep time rocks!
?otD: Why?
6/16/2009 Body movement: 70 minute suburban walk, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: n/a (in hotel) Currently reading: The Human Disguise by James O'Neil
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mondyboy on when fandom doesn't suck
Of garbage, seagulls, civic pride, and nerdview — Language Log on the processes of culture and language. We have this problem in sf/f sometimes, I think.
Nails — Game? Art? Internet artifact? (Thanks to willyumtx.)
Biz Stone answers your Twitter questions
?otD: What's the name of that Journey song? You know, the one that sounds like...um...all the other Journey songs.
6/14/2009 Body movement: n/a (Took calendula_witch to the airport, will walk later) This morning's weigh-in: 216.2 Currently reading: The Human Disguise by James O'Neil
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| 2009-06-11 03:31 |
| [links] Link salad, title free edition |
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The Green photo contest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Green readings and signings: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Including Powell's Cedar Hills here in the Portland area, tomorrow night.
SF Signal with a book cover smackdown including my own forthcoming Death of a Starship
1939 World's Fair on San Francisco Bay — Some mighty fine poster art.
American Garage: 1943 — Mmmmm, trains. Now this is some steamy punk.
iPhone Hackers Get a Break — The difficulty of running nonapproved code on the iPhone has turned off security researchers--until now. Um... Does this count as being unclear on the concept?
At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers) — Gosh, wouldn't that be nice. I grew up in the 1970s, when the response to bullying boiled down to "Well, what did you do to antagonize him?" (Snurched from Scrivener's Error.)
Teaching Children to Spot Terrorists — Um... (Thanks to willyumtx.)
You werent excluded. You lost. — The Edge of the American West on conservative rhetoric over the Tiller murder. The right's mealy-mouthed response to that is another place where conservatism show not that it is simply wrong-headed, but intellectually and morally bankrupt.
?otD: What price glory? Show your work.
6/11/2009 Body movement: 60 minute workout at the gym, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 215.4 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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Genesis by R. Crumb — Now this is pretty damned interesting.
I wish I were here: New York City's High Line park is open — Pretty cool creative re-use of railroad property.
First Extra-Galactic Planet Spotted in Andromeda —
Get Fuzzy nails the conservative mindset — A view into neoconland for those of us in the reality-based community.
Something To Consider — Ta-Nehisi Coates on Sotomayor and why he is not a conservative.
?otD: Hump day? What the heck is hump day?
6/10/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 218.6 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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| 2009-06-04 04:54 |
| [links] Link salad wakes up in San Francisco again |
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JayCon is this coming Saturday! Mark your calendars: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
A reader reacts to Mainspring [ Powell's | Amazon thb | Audible ]
A rather interesting review of my short story "The Lollygang Save the World on Accident."
Ekranoplan Showcase Part 2 — Dark Roasted Blend with one of my favorite weird technologies.
Ancient pixel knowledge — Heh.
Sheng — Language Log on the richness of Chinese lexicography. Funny and interesting stuff.
Sustainability: the clue that could solve Fermi's Paradox — If civilisations cannot grow exponentially, that might explain why we don't see any signs of ET
Should vaccines be compulsory? — As regular readers of this blog know, I view antivax protestors as both criminally stupid and profoundly selfish.
Torture Apologia Chart — For all your highly principled conservative double-think needs, when you've utterly abrogated all principles of decent society and a Constitutional state. Yes, Republicans, I'm talking to you guys.
?otD: When is a horse a horse of course?
6/4/2009 Body movement: 60 minute suburban walk (Twin Peaks), 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 217.6 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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JayCon is this coming Saturday! Mark your calendars: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Art writing guru James Gurney on book covers
My Milk Toof — A die-of-cute Web comic.
The Graveyard of the Atlantic — Strange Maps with some strange history.
What to do in a zombie attack — Classic civil defense film. (Thanks to Scott Cupp.)
How to See Diffraction Patterns with Star Crusts — How can you not like a blog post with that title?
?otD: How do you do?
6/3/2009 Body movement: n/a (overslept) This morning's weigh-in: n/a (overslept) Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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| 2009-05-31 09:11 |
| [links] Link salad wakes up and yawns |
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Subterranean Press with a nice Booklist review of METAtropolis
Spiderwick Meets Dinotopia — Hahahah.
Watchmen, sort of — Heh. Weird in a very fun way. (Thanks to goulo.)
Ski Hindi — A charming story from Language Log.
Ways of Going: 1865 — Shorpy with multimodal transportation, Civil War style.
Put down the duckie — And speaking of ducks... Sex with Ducks.
Space Torso Reveals Cancer Risk for Astronauts
?otD: Where did I leave my dogma?
5/31/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 214.6 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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JayCon is a week from today! Mark your calendars: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Mexican church half-buried in lava — (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
Terrible Yellow Eyes — Sendak!
On the whole, it was a good colonoscopy — Hahahahahah. (Thanks to goulo.)
Video Surveillance on the Fly: Heres Looking at You! — This must be a hoax. (Thanks to danjite.)
You Should Get Out More — Living abroad gives expats greater creativity in problem solving, according to new research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. I've always thought that if every American had to spend a year or two abroad, we would have a very different and far stronger country — greatly improved and significantly more progressive politically and socially.
Suddenly it's OK to call a judicial nominee a racist — More principled consistency from Your Republican Party and the Liberal Media.
Californias crisis and the collapse of the Republican Party. — The Edge of the American West with some political history. Their thesis mirrors what I've said about the GOP and the Christian Right for years. Playing into fear and hatred might be a great short term electoral tactic, but it's horribly destructive long term political and social strategy.
?otD: I found somebody else's thrill on Blueberry Hill. Will there be a reward?
5/23/2009 Body movement: 30 minute staionary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 216.4 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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I have seen the initial sketch of the Pinion cover art, and It Is Good.
Zomg.
Squee.
:: bounces ::
Image when I get final that I can share.
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| 2009-05-08 04:37 |
| [links] Link salad stares down the barrel of a weekend |
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Don't forget to enter the new caption contest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
The Open Question Thread [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Brent Kellmer interviews me in the current issue of IROSF
Weird, NSFW money video — Very cool. (Thanks to martang.)
40 stunning and creative graffiti artworks — (Thanks to danjite.)
Hunting the mysterious monopole — "Spin ice"?
A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages — As danjite (who sent this to me) says, Comment 2 FTW.
The Universe is expanding at 74.2 km/sec/Mpc — Some very cool astronomy.
Why Does the Vaccine/Autism Controversy Live On? — Well, for one thing thirty years of cynical antiscience plumping by the GOP in the name of short term electoral gains has raised a generation of Americans who believe their personal opinions trump hard data. Thanks, Atwater, Ailes and Rove, for all those sick and dying kids. You guys certainly knew better, but it was worth the votes, right? (Thanks to lt260.)
?otD: Who will stop the rain?
5/8/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 215.0 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville, Engine Summer by John Crowley
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International Garden Naked Day — Careful with that axe, Eugene.
Portraits Capture Life In Dissecting Class — (Thanks to danjite.)
Chrysler Personalities — James Gurney does cars.
Arsenal: 1942 — What really amazes me about this photo is the scale. Look at the train cars.
Interrogating Torture — The New Yorker on our nation's responsibility for the torture we have inflicted. This, as much as anything, is the sickening, shameful legacy of conservatism in America.
?otD: Do you know where the Okanagon Subcontinent is?
5/4/2009 Body movement: 60 minute urban walk (hills!) This morning's weigh-in: 217.0 ( calendula_witch's scale) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville, Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson
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Your Thursday moment of zen.
ETA: @hanov3r on Twitter provides the following translation of the Chinese text: "Souvenir for visiting Xi'An"
ETA2: Via tweetbrain.com, @fangchin suggests: "Souvenir for visiting Xi'An" is too literally translated. I would do "For a fond memory of your Xi'An trip".
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| 2009-04-16 14:06 |
| [links] Link salad avoids all-night walk-in dentistry |
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Reminder: I cannot respond to LJ comments right now, but will do so once I am back in the United States.
A reader reacts to METAtropolis, and specifically to "In the Forests of the Night"
pabba draws authors he loves to read
Battlestar Sumpsonica — Um. Wow.
Sonoma XP — Bad Astronomy Blog on the reality behind the Windows XP screen. I always thought it looked like the Teletubbies set, myself.
Universe May Not Be "Fine-Tuned" for Life — Interesting stuff on the anthropic principle.
Alien para-tetrapods of Snaiad — Speculative zoology on the hoof, so to speak.
Mail hoarding — Wow.
India seeks rupee status symbol — Interesting discussion of the problems of introducing a new symbol to typography.
?otD: Where does it hurt?
4/17/2009 Body movement: urban walking all day This morning's weigh-in: n/a (traveling) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; The Solitudes by John Crowley
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| 2009-04-07 03:52 |
| [links] Link salad leaves home for points transPacific |
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the_child managed to photograph a baby hummingbird in the nest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
A nifty review of Other Earths [ Powell's | Amazon ]
"Gothic Transformation" — Kristine Kathryn Rusch on genres. Also, show some love to Jim Baen's Universe while you're there, if you can.
Assorted street posters — Some weird stuff here. (Thanks to tetar.)
Alhambra close to reading all its writing on the wall — Lasers reading Arabic off the walls of an ancient fortress. We are living in the future.
What June and Ward Cleaver Might Have to Teach Us About Marriage (And Management?)
Passenger Jets Get Anti-Missile Devices — Importantly: Officials emphasize that no missiles will be test-fired at the planes Um, yeah...
?otD: Why were we talking about the town of China Grove?
4/7/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 219.2 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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