6 month ago
adamrg : Being alone and dead as an acceptable lifestyle choice - I sometimes worry that this will be my fate.
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6 month ago
Andy Baio : Charles Cumming's The 21 Steps - fiction written and designed for Google Maps, from the creators of Perplex City [via]
Richard Rutter : We Tell Stories – ‘The 21 Steps’, by Charles Cumming - Absolutely fantastic mashup of stories and Google Maps by Penguin. Very very smart. Would be perfect for phones too..
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25 month ago
plasticbag : Understand - a novelette by Ted Chiang - Webb sent this to me a while ago - it's a short novel about the experience of becoming more intelligent and the consequences of it as well. Mostly when people write about being more intelligent than they are, it sucks. This does not suck.
philgyford : Understand - a novelette by Ted Chiang - Webb recommended this to Coates and it sounds interesting but I hate reading on the screen so maybe I'll never get round to reading it even so. (via Plasticbag)
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plasticbag : BBC News' in-depth pages on "The Harry Potter Phenomenon" - The whole thing is so weird. The book's not out for six months and is already at #1 (and #2) at Amazon.co.uk - probably to stay there until July...
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plasticbag : Kerry (gay) and Mike (not gay) go to Hooters - This naturally begs the question of, "why would a gay man suggest a place like Hooters?" Well you can ask him yourself if you like, but my guess is that he wanted to see if the world would explode when we stepped foot through the door.
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47 month ago
plasticbag : Best wishes go out to Mena who has popped out her knee. You have all my symphathies... - And yet - dear God, lovely lady - that's the most amusing way I've ever heard anyone injure themselves. Ever. In the world. Snigger. Snort. Chortle. Laugh. Cough. No no... Not funny. Oh no.
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47 month ago
plasticbag : John Kerry's address isn't entirely lovable of course - it also includes this startling quotation of lunactic patriotism - "But in an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning we all wake up as Americans. And that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on earth"
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plasticbag : Some notes from GameDevBlog on The Sims 2 - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being, what's-her-name was mortified by her upset bowels when she first met Tomas. Not too far from having a Fear in The Sims 2 about losing control of your bladder at a party..."
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