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My Faves for Sunday, March 30, 2008
Flurb, a webmag containing astonishing tales from some of the top sci-fi/fantasy writers out there. Put together by Rudy Rucker.
[tags: science fiction, fantasty, books, thepugetnews]
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My Faves for Wednesday, March 26, 2008
X-Files 2 is coming. This link has an illicitly shot capture of the trailer (via cell phone video).
[tags: movies, film, thepugetnews]
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My Faves for Tuesday, March 25, 2008
This sounds like an interesting book about reading, speculating that the act itself is one of improvisation and that it changes the brain in positive ways.
Quoted: Reading, says Wolf, changed history. More than that, it changes the brain. It creates new pathways in the brain, and, by doing this, makes us think in new ways. When you read, you see letters written on a page, then you recognise them as representations of sounds made by the human voice, then you join the sounds together to make words, then you fit the words together into sentences.
[tags: books, reading, thepugetnews]
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My Faves for Sunday, March 23, 2008
Michael’s Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union” has become the first book ever to be nominated for the Nebula, Edgar, and the Hugo awards.
[tags: science fiction, fiction, books, author, thepugetnews]
I love how the only full sized statue of Dickens was made by the Americans as a present to the British, and that that present had to be sent back to to respect Dickens’s wishes.
Quoted: Seeking an appropriate means of marking the 200th anniversary of his birth, several of Dickens’ descendants have come out in support of a commemorative statue at Eastgate House, Rochester, Kent, a building that appears in many of his novels, including The Pickwick Papers.
[tags: books, Charles Dickens, thepugetnews]
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Interesting Links for March 13, 2008
The Trailer for “The Strangers” (via Coudal)
Really spooky.
I just signed up on “Friendfeed”
You can now get access to pretty much all my web content via one feed. Awesome.
Amazon.com Launched a Couple New Facebook Apps
Amazon Giver and Amazon Grapevine went live.
Voiceless Speech Becoming a Reality
This is just amazing. There’s a video demo of a device which can intercept brain signals and translate it to speech without so much as moving your lips.
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Interesting Links for March 12, 2008
An Architectural Firm Office and Residence Built into a Former Auto-Repair Shop
Steven Pinker Discussing the Evolution of Profanity (from Bookninja)
Yahoo Disaster Scenario: Blowing Q1 by Henry Blodget
Perhaps it’s just me but I’ve never believed in Microsoft’s intentions to purchase Yahoo. They may very well end up doing it, but it will be on Microsoft terms. If it’s true that Microsoft is mostly interested in the human capital (which is what they’ve said), then they may be OK with destabilizing the Yahoo brand in order to get a discount on the actual heads they want. Anyways, this article is an interesting piece of speculation about what might occur should Yahoo miss its quarterly estimates.
Ridiculous Russian Mobster Tombstones (from Coudal)
A collection of tombstone photos.
The Trailer and Vignette for Pixar’s Wall*E
Adorable robots. I love ‘em.
Tivo Series3 to Support YouTube
As a Series3 owner, this makes me happy and less likely to buy an AppleTV. Both Apple and Amazon have a long ways to go to round out their selection story in digital video.
6-Word Reviews of 763 SXSW Performances with links to free music!
I’ve just been clicking through and listening to the 5-star tracks. Good fun.
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Free Ebook: Charles Bock’s “Beautiful Children”
Not that it’s a huge surprise, but I’m a big fan of free literature. I like it even more when it’s digital and there’s no need to toss a book out on its head once I’m done reading it. Charles Bock is a first time author receiving high praise for his new novel “Beautiful Children.” I downloaded a copy of the book and read the opening scenes. It looks like it will be a rip-roaring good read. I don’t generally endorse writers I haven’t read personally but come on, it’s free!
>> Get a free digital copy of “Beautiful Children” until 2/29 here
>> Check out the “Beautiful Children” website for more information and promotional material
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My Faves for Tuesday, February 19, 2008
I wasn’t aware that rammed earth was such an efficient building source. I wonder what the upkeep is for buildings made this way? Do they wear down over time or can you form it hard enough to hold up over the long haul?
[tags: architecture, thepugetnews]
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My Faves for Monday, February 18, 2008
Not exactly certain why I’ve been so crazy on the architecture front lately but I love the bedroom and wooded setting behind this environmental home. The flow between the interior and exterior spaces seems really nice.
[tags: architecture, thepugetnews]
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My Faves for Sunday, February 17, 2008
Beautiful art by Peter Doig who has a show in London at The Tate right now.
[tags: art, Peter Doig, thepugetnews]
Amazing pre-fab homes.
Quoted: Welcome to brio54, a design driven development firm promoting a modern lifestyle.
[tags: architecture, thepugetnews]
Lovely vacation project home in New Zealand, cleaved down the middle to collect rainwater and with thick concrete floors acting as a passive solar heat sink.
[tags: design, architecture, thepugetnews, New Zealand]
The new CCTV building in Beijing is crazy cool.
Quoted: As part of Beijing’s efforts to look good for the summer Olympics its central TV station CCTV is getting brand
[tags: Beijing, Rem Koolhaus, Ole Scheeren, architecture, thepugetnews]
I bought a print of this art at Roq La Rue this weekend. They’re in getting framed now. I can’t wait!
Quoted: The Fine Art of Brian Despain: Galleries, News, About the Artist…
[tags: Brian Despain, art, thepugetnews]
I just bought a print of this artwork form Roq La Rue over the weekend.
Quoted: The Fine Art of Brian Despain: Galleries, News, About the Artist…
[tags: Brian Despain, art, thepugetnews]
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