A recent Canadian study proves that we’re not just wasting our time when we play video games.
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But is it art?
Aside from the references to New Labour, this article says pretty much what I feel about the state of modern art.
Anti-spammers take on automatons posing as humans
It’s not quite Blade Runner, but it sure sounds science-fictional.
Gorillas
I recently toured the Toronto Zoo, exciting to me because I’ve never seen it, and exciting to our two-year-old, Alice, because currently her favorite story is a short adaptation of Disney’s animated adaptation of Tarzan, in which many of the characters are gorillas–and one of the Toronto zoo’s star features is called the Gorilla Rainforest. It’s …
This not a hoax…
Just found this. It appears to be legitimate. But then, it would, wouldn’t it?
Information does not really travel faster than light.
In a way, I’m disappointed.
What he said
Wil McCarthy says what I feel about China’s manned spaceflight. Preach on, brother!
Good news from Iraq?
Good news from Iraq? Yes, believe it or not. And that’s good news for everyone. However you felt about the invasion (personally, I was torn) it’s in everyone’s interest that we succeed in turning Iraq into a stable democratic country. Those calling for the U.S. to get out (there are demonstrations planned to that effect), …
Log buildings
As I mentioned last week, I recently spent a couple of days at the Chateau Montebello, the world’s largest log hotel. Ironically, that same weekend, another famous log structure, the central building at the Minaki Lodge in northern Ontario, burned to the ground. Both Montebello and Minaki were built more than 70 years ago. But …
Thought-controlled devices
I’m back home from three weeks in Toronto and the Ottawa region and ready to resume blogging, with this story about monkeys learning to use a thought-controlled robotic arm–great news for paralyzed people and with all kinds of other potential uses. I can see couch potatoes clamoring for just such an implant so they can …
What he said
Orson Scott Card reacts to Harold Bloom’s reaction to Stephen King’s National Book Award–and says what I wanted to say, only better. (Scroll down to the bottom of the column.) And by the way, you should regularly check out these Card columns, in which, as promised, he reviews everything. You may not agree with him, …
It’s getting closer…
But China won’t be telling us much until they actually pull it off.
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