- Jay Leno
- Where have all the agents gone?
“To thrive in a world of self-service, agents have to hyperspecialize, have to stand for something, have to have the guts to say no far more than they say yes. No, you can’t publish this book. No I won’t represent you.” - 10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know
Invaluable tips for protecting/firewalling your privacy on Facebook. - Capital Ship Combat, part 6
The simple fact of the matter is this: space is big; too big to really comprehend, and too big to ‘work’ in most space-faring stories. FTL travel is, for all intents and purposes, a fantasy; very likely one of the two elements of science fiction (along with psychic powers) that humankind will never eventually achieve.Joss Whedon had it right: in the future, space travel will all be in one heavily terraformed system, and there won’t be any aliens. (Not because they don’t exist, but because we’re too far from them for their existence to be remotely relevant.)
- Really New Think for Old Publishers | William F. Aicher
- Really, Guys?
“In a misguided attempt to make the Sci Fi Channel, “broader, more open and accessible and relatable and human-friendly brand,” the network is changing its name to a made-up meaningless configuration of letters that appear to be pronounced exactly the same as Sci Fi.”I’d boycott that kind of stupidity, but by the end of this week there will be nothing left to watch on the network, anyway.
- Jean-Paul Sartre
An especially resonate quote. - The future news ecosystem
A link to an excellent analysis of the ways in which newspapers can succeed into the future, provided they pull their head out of their ass and make use of it.Reminds me, also, that I’ve been meaning to pick up The Invention of Air.
Perpetual projects and daily obsessions.
‘Fraid the heavily terraformed system is pretty much a fantasy too. Terraforming would take centuries at best — more likely thousands or tens of thousands of years.
Habitats and vacuum colonies are doable, though not on live tv or movie budgets.