Garbled Signals reviews Interzone 225 — Including "Bone Island" by calendula_witch and me. Star Trek lip synch — Oh good lord. Face Detection — Art writing tech guru James Gurney with a fascinating piece on machine recognition of people, and how that intersects with art. Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley — Another mighty APOD image. Iapetus: Coated in Off-world Dust — An interesting piece in Centauri Dreams about the relationships between Saturn's moons. ?otD: Whose idea was this winter storm anyway? 12/12/2009 Body movement: n/a (not yet, 60 minute walk forthcoming) Hours slept: 9.0 This morning's weigh-in: 229.2 Currently reading: Finch by Jeff VanderMeer