– some Republican asshole wants to fund NASA by imposing a tax on space-related materials – science fiction books, toys, etc. Way to piss off supporters of the program, you idiot.
SF fans and professionals can’t even agree on what constitutes SF, and this guy wants the government to try it? Riiiiight.
In other news, I am very sick. Again.
iPhoto ‘09 and Domain Language — Nice bit on how software (and web) interfaces are about language, and how Apple is changing the photo software field by moving past the standard photo album metaphor.
OH CANADA NO. (further discussion, supplemented by entertaining computer engineering metaphors, over at Making Light)
Thank You for Choosing the Hyatt Regency Purgatory “An automatic-teller machine is located in the lobby. For your convenience, it is attended at all hours and in perpetuity by the bank executive who came up with the idea of ATM fees.”
Twilight in Fifteen Minutes — Scathing and brilliant.
Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA. — Heroes of the week.
The Minority Report hand-waving computer interface is now real. Its users will have the best toned arms in the office.
The Matrix runs on Windows. Ow. It hurts to laugh that hard.
Google flu trends — doing something useful with all those searches for “flu symptoms.”
Catch you on the flip side, @MarsPhoenix. Good work. Sleep well.
I’m addicted to the NYTimes maps this morning, especially the county bubble view. Hello, population distribution! It’s fascinating to compare this year to 2004.
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