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The other night…
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sciencefictiongallery: The Ship Who Sang, 1972. Unknow artist.
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Notes from “The Penelopiad” by Margaret Atwood
On his behalf, of course. Always for him. How his face would shine with pleasure! How pleased he would be with me! ‘You’re worth a thousand Helens,’ he would say. Wouldn’t he? And then he’d clasp me tenderly in his arms. Excerpts From The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood
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I don’t think that “this” equals “that”; I don’t think in that kind of mode, that way of thinking. That kind of thinking, “this” equals or means “that,” is identity thinking, thinking concerned with meaning as closure. Let’s look at this problem another way: I don’t work in any way that is pure. Either, as…
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The fact is that poetry is not the books in the library… Poetry is the encounter of the reader with the book, the discovery of the book. Jorge Luis Borges, Poetry (1977) (via bookporn, bookpornographist) (via ebookporn) (via teachingliteracy) (via kenyatta) (via elmerseason)
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CNN Shutters CNN Latino – TVNewser
CNN Shutters CNN Latino – TVNewser fylatinamericanhistory: CNN is shutting down CNN Latino just a year after its launch. The eight-hour syndicated news and entertainment block will shutter later this month, Media Moves reports. “CNN Latino was a bold effort to continue CNN’s commitment to the U.S. Hispanic marketplace. Unfortunately, despite the great efforts of many talented…
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brianandgj: Setting up test prints of packets that will be given out to the players. The packets are sealed envelopes cut in half, which can neatly carry game currency. You can see here earlier versions of the rules. Distributing game currency in packets that have the game’s rules saves time during setup and when adding…
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Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. J. G. Ballard (via berfrois)
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josephdenne: This radio journalist learnt how to structure his stories by sketching the models used by other shows Bradley Campbell says drawing story structure is like using Google Maps for directions. Structure offers a path, a way to figure out where to go… what to do with all the tape. To help him plan out…
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Automotive. Cars will have three networks. (1) Within the car. (2) From the car up to the Internet. And (3) among cars. IEEE 802 is ramping up for these standards now, I hope. Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, on the next big interface/protocol (via maxistentialist)