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The Hobbit Project
The Hobbit Project — gorgeous. (via Tor.com) … [Read more...] about The Hobbit Project
From the Typewriter to the Bookstore: A Publishing Story
From the Typewriter to the Bookstore: A Publishing Story — I have no idea how the narrator made it through the whole thing without cracking up. (via Jay Lake) … [Read more...] about From the Typewriter to the Bookstore: A Publishing Story
The science of fiction
The science of fiction — Studies test whether reading fiction works as a sort of flight simulator for piloting social situations, and it turns out that it does. "Fiction is a simulation that runs on the software of our minds." … [Read more...] about The science of fiction
Some useful answers to questions about gender inequality: a handy guide for editors
Some useful answers to questions about gender inequality: a handy guide for editors — Excuse me while I have a Meg Ryan deli moment over here. (via Bear) … [Read more...] about Some useful answers to questions about gender inequality: a handy guide for editors
How Borders gamed the book return system
How Borders gamed the book return system — incredibly informative post from a former bookseller explaining the mechanics of bookstores' return for credit system, and how it has allowed the big chains to slowly strangle the independent stores. … [Read more...] about How Borders gamed the book return system
iPhoto ’09 and Domain Language
iPhoto '09 and Domain Language — Nice bit on how software (and web) interfaces are about language, and how Apple is changing the photo software field by moving past the standard photo album metaphor. … [Read more...] about iPhoto ’09 and Domain Language
Computer visualizes your thoughts
Researchers at the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories succeeded in processing and displaying images directly from the human brain… Um, holy shit? … [Read more...] about Computer visualizes your thoughts
OH CANADA NO.
OH CANADA NO. (further discussion, supplemented by entertaining computer engineering metaphors, over at Making Light) … [Read more...] about OH CANADA NO.
Hyatt Regency Purgatory
Thank You for Choosing the Hyatt Regency Purgatory "An automatic-teller machine is located in the lobby. For your convenience, it is attended at all hours and in perpetuity by the bank executive who came up with the idea of ATM fees." … [Read more...] about Hyatt Regency Purgatory
