From the monthly archives:

October 2007

I’m strangely amused reading about the kerfuffle between Ursula leGuin and Cory Doctorow; it brings back the days that I spent a little bit too much time on listserves.
Quick summary of the current kerfuffle:

Ursula le Guin wrote a funny little snarky piece about folks who don’t think science fiction is real literature.
Cory Doctorow liked it, [...]

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My nerdy heart goes pitter-patter

by Nadya Arnaoot on October 11, 2007

Just arived in the mail: self-published novel with the Best. Title. Evar!

If(Sid_Vicious == TRUE && Alan_Turing == TRUE)
{ ERROR_Cyberpunk(); }

My attempts to share my joy with my coworkers required explaining every term and symbol in this title, except for Sid Vicious.
Ah well. I think it’s rather beautiful.

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Maintaining consistent but separate online identities.

by Nadya Arnaoot on October 9, 2007

Yesterday I ran into an exciting site– Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog.  It looks like it’s been around for several years, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.  I read the whitepaper on the Laws of Identity, and I’m looking forward to working my way through the rest of the site.
 Cameron talks about the [...]

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