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I’m thinking about Cory Doctorow’s 2004 novel Eastern Standard Tribe, which speaks to me as an American ex-pat (from the US Eastern time zone) who still has not fully settled into UK time…
This sci-fi riff on the end of privacy is not as provocative as it would like to be, and its mystery completely falls apart in the end. But its visual worldbuilding is fascinating.
An essential — and enraging — documentary about activist Aaron Swartz, a danger to corporate hegemony whose work could not be allowed to continue.
The Stop Online Piracy Act will kill the Internet as we know it…
Plus, Avatar sex toys, Cory Doctorow on the real cost of free, how the rich buy journalists, and more.
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
From Neil Gaiman’s own Twitpic feed: That’s Gaiman on the right, Steven Moffat in the middle, and Richard Curtis (who will also be contributing a script to an upcoming series of Doctor Who) on the left. (Thanks to the many readers, including Kat and Keith, who sent me this via email and Facebook.) That’s pretty … more…
If you’ve read Cory Doctorow’s awesome near-future science fiction novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.], then you know what whuffie is. If you haven’t, here’s the gist: The novel takes place in a “post-scarcity” world, where the basic needs of life and lots of its luxuries are freely available … more…
I’ve discussed before the pointless security procedures critics have to go through, sometimes, in order to get into a press screening, such as having our belongings searched for recording devices. The most ridiculous thing that happens, at some screenings, is that “security guards” collect cell phones with cameras and hold them till the movie’s over. … more…
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