Solo computer games—at least the more sophisticated ones—are designed to present the player with the illusion that he or she is interacting with actual human (or alien) beings, and that just out of his or her sight, millions more such beings are going about their everyday lives without regard for his or her actions. In …
Jeanne Robinson, wife of Canadian SF writer Spider Robinson, was on the short list to take a ride into orbit back when NASA had its Civilians in Space program, which was shut down in the wake of the Challenger disaster. Jeanne, a dancer, had hoped to pioneer zero-gravity dance, which she and Spider had already …
Here’s a fascinating articleon what really happened in New Orleans after Katrina, and how badly the media botched the job of reporting it.
More photos here.
Maybe. Research indicates carbon nanotubules may not point the way to materials strong enough to make them possible. But other researchers disagree. So the jury, as is often the case in scientific matters, is still out.
If I blog rather less than some days for the next week, please bear with me: I’m in the throes of the final rehearsals leading up to Wednesday’s opening of the five-show run of Regina Lyric Light Opera‘s production of Candide, in which I play Voltaire/Pangloss/The Governor/The Host/The Sage. It’s a lot of fun but …
A bit fuzzier than I’d like (long exposure, no tripod, heavier camera than my little Canon), but here’s the view from my balcony, looking down. I like the way the colors came out. More photos here.
A childhood nightmare come true.
Hmmm. For all we know, we’re all living inside God’s computer right now.
…as therobot that carried out a long-distance heart operation by itself. That’s got to be a little nervewracking if you’re the one under the scalpel.
You don’t always have your shiny new digital SLR…or even your palm-sized 5 megapixel…or even your five-year-old one-megapixel camera on you. Sometimes, all you’ve got is the camera in your cellphone. Like today…
When it’s just a modern human with a pathological condition.
