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• Bookmark Did Humans Make Tools, or Did Tools Make Humans?

  Is our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo/New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology. Timothy Taylor, an anthropologist and…

  August 27 2010, 5:14am | Comments

• Bookmark Biosemiotics: Searching for meanings in a meadow

  Are signs and meanings just as vital to living things as enzymes and tissues? Liz Else investigates a science in the making EVERY so often, something shows up on the New…

  August 27 2010, 1:08am | Comments

• Bookmark Ideas of the Century: Non-Critical Thinking

  Back in 1981, R.M. Hare, in his book Moral Thinking, featured a distinction that today I still find useful. Hare admitted that the distinction was not original with him, but he…

  August 21 2010, 3:16pm | Comments

• Flickr Morning

  August 21 2010, 6:30am | Comments

• Flickr Welcome to “La Isla de Felicidad,” please enjoy our spectacular muck spa, just walk in and relax.

  August 19 2010, 5:01pm | Comments

• Bookmark Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant–fungal parasitism

  Parasites commonly manipulate host behaviour, and among the most dramatic examples are diverse fungi that cause insects to die attached to leaves. This death-grip behaviour functions to place insects in an…

  August 19 2010, 8:40am | Comments

• Flickr Capuccin Monkey

  August 18 2010, 10:47am | Comments

• Bookmark Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened

  One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing,…

  August 18 2010, 2:13am | Comments

• Bookmark Reclaiming the Imagination

  Imagine being a slave in ancient Rome. Now remember being one. The second task, unlike the first, is crazy. If, as I’m guessing, you never were a slave in ancient Rome,…

  August 18 2010, 2:12am | Comments

• Bookmark Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain

  There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because…

  August 17 2010, 3:04pm | Comments

• YouTube

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• Bookmark Svetlana Boym | Off-Modern Manifesto

  “It's not my fault. Communication error has occurred,” my computer pleads with me in a voice of lady Victoria. First it excuses itself, then urges me to pay attention, to check…

  August 16 2010, 5:22am | Comments

• Bibliography Inner Touch by D Heller-Roazen

  August 16 2010, 3:52am | Comments

• Bibliography A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Swerve Editions) by Manuel De Landa

  August 16 2010, 3:52am | Comments

• Bibliography The Open Work by Umberto Eco

  August 16 2010, 3:51am | Comments

• Bibliography Roland Barthes by R Barthes

  August 16 2010, 3:51am | Comments

• Bibliography The Language of New Media (Leonardo) by L Manovich

  August 16 2010, 3:50am | Comments

• Bibliography Critical Play: Radical Game Design by M Flanagan

  August 16 2010, 3:50am | Comments

• Bibliography Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

  August 16 2010, 3:49am | Comments

• Bibliography Time's Arrow or the Nature of the Offence by Martin Amis

  August 16 2010, 3:48am | Comments

• Bibliography Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray

  August 16 2010, 3:44am | Comments

• Bibliography Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time: Michel Serres Interviewed by Bruno Latour (Studies in Literature &… by Michel Serres

  August 16 2010, 3:44am | Comments

• Bibliography A Perfect Vacuum by Stanislaw Lem

  August 16 2010, 3:43am | Comments

• Bibliography The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells

  August 16 2010, 3:36am | Comments

• Bibliography O'Brien Flann : Third Policeman (Plume) by Flann O'Brien

  August 16 2010, 3:35am | Comments

• Bibliography The Mezzanine (Granta Paperbacks) by Nicholson Baker

  August 16 2010, 3:35am | Comments

• Bibliography Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

  August 16 2010, 3:34am | Comments

• Bibliography Parasite (PostHumanities) by Michel Serres

  August 16 2010, 3:34am | Comments

• Bookmark The Mind's I

  Now available for free online: The Mind's I: Fantasies and reflections on self and soul (ISBN 0-553-34584-2) is a 1981 book composed and arranged by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C.…

  August 16 2010, 3:30am | Comments

• Bookmark The Age of Semi-Post-Modernism

  It seems to me part of the problem is that the term "postmodernism" was always so muddy and abstract. To different people, it meant (at least) two different things. First of…

  August 16 2010, 2:56am | Comments

• Bookmark If the Earth Stood Still

  If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent…

  August 16 2010, 2:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Lamest edit wars - Wikipedia Occasionally, even experienced Wikipedians lose their heads and devote every waking moment to edit warring over the most trivial thing. This page documents our lamest examples. It isn't comprehensive or authoritative, but it serves as a showcase of situations where people lose sight…

  August 16 2010, 2:46am | Comments

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• Bookmark Did Humans Make Tools, or Did Tools Make Humans?

  Is our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, the first cyborg species? Gizmodo/New Scientist has a fascinating article up about how humans evolved as a result of technology. Timothy Taylor, an anthropologist and…

  August 27 2010, 5:14am | Comments

• Bookmark Biosemiotics: Searching for meanings in a meadow

  Are signs and meanings just as vital to living things as enzymes and tissues? Liz Else investigates a science in the making EVERY so often, something shows up on the New…

  August 27 2010, 1:08am | Comments

• Bookmark Ideas of the Century: Non-Critical Thinking

  Back in 1981, R.M. Hare, in his book Moral Thinking, featured a distinction that today I still find useful. Hare admitted that the distinction was not original with him, but he…

  August 21 2010, 3:16pm | Comments

• Flickr Morning

  August 21 2010, 6:30am | Comments

• Flickr Welcome to “La Isla de Felicidad,” please enjoy our spectacular muck spa, just walk in and relax.

  August 19 2010, 5:01pm | Comments

• Bookmark Ancient death-grip leaf scars reveal ant–fungal parasitism

  Parasites commonly manipulate host behaviour, and among the most dramatic examples are diverse fungi that cause insects to die attached to leaves. This death-grip behaviour functions to place insects in an…

  August 19 2010, 8:40am | Comments

• Flickr Capuccin Monkey

  August 18 2010, 10:47am | Comments

• Bookmark Forget those creative writing workshops. If you want to write, get threatened

  One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing,…

  August 18 2010, 2:13am | Comments

• Bookmark Reclaiming the Imagination

  Imagine being a slave in ancient Rome. Now remember being one. The second task, unlike the first, is crazy. If, as I’m guessing, you never were a slave in ancient Rome,…

  August 18 2010, 2:12am | Comments

• Bookmark Ray Kurzweil does not understand the brain

  There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because…

  August 17 2010, 3:04pm | Comments

• YouTube

  August 16 2010, 3:36pm | Comments

• Bookmark Svetlana Boym | Off-Modern Manifesto

  “It's not my fault. Communication error has occurred,” my computer pleads with me in a voice of lady Victoria. First it excuses itself, then urges me to pay attention, to check…

  August 16 2010, 5:22am | Comments

• Bibliography Inner Touch by D Heller-Roazen

  August 16 2010, 3:52am | Comments

• Bibliography A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History (Swerve Editions) by Manuel De Landa

  August 16 2010, 3:52am | Comments

• Bibliography The Open Work by Umberto Eco

  August 16 2010, 3:51am | Comments

• Bibliography Roland Barthes by R Barthes

  August 16 2010, 3:51am | Comments

• Bibliography The Language of New Media (Leonardo) by L Manovich

  August 16 2010, 3:50am | Comments

• Bibliography Critical Play: Radical Game Design by M Flanagan

  August 16 2010, 3:50am | Comments

• Bibliography Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

  August 16 2010, 3:49am | Comments

• Bibliography Time's Arrow or the Nature of the Offence by Martin Amis

  August 16 2010, 3:48am | Comments

• Bibliography Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Canongate Classics) by Alasdair Gray

  August 16 2010, 3:44am | Comments

• Bibliography Conversations on Science, Culture, and Time: Michel Serres Interviewed by Bruno Latour (Studies in Literature &… by Michel Serres

  August 16 2010, 3:44am | Comments

• Bibliography A Perfect Vacuum by Stanislaw Lem

  August 16 2010, 3:43am | Comments

• Bibliography The Time Machine (Penguin Classics) by H.G. Wells

  August 16 2010, 3:36am | Comments

• Bibliography O'Brien Flann : Third Policeman (Plume) by Flann O'Brien

  August 16 2010, 3:35am | Comments

• Bibliography The Mezzanine (Granta Paperbacks) by Nicholson Baker

  August 16 2010, 3:35am | Comments

• Bibliography Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

  August 16 2010, 3:34am | Comments

• Bibliography Parasite (PostHumanities) by Michel Serres

  August 16 2010, 3:34am | Comments

• Bookmark The Mind's I

  Now available for free online: The Mind's I: Fantasies and reflections on self and soul (ISBN 0-553-34584-2) is a 1981 book composed and arranged by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C.…

  August 16 2010, 3:30am | Comments

• Bookmark The Age of Semi-Post-Modernism

  It seems to me part of the problem is that the term "postmodernism" was always so muddy and abstract. To different people, it meant (at least) two different things. First of…

  August 16 2010, 2:56am | Comments

• Bookmark If the Earth Stood Still

  If the earth stood still, the oceans would gradually migrate toward the poles and cause land in the equatorial region to emerge. This would eventually result in a huge equatorial megacontinent…

  August 16 2010, 2:51am | Comments

• Wikipedia Lamest edit wars - Wikipedia Occasionally, even experienced Wikipedians lose their heads and devote every waking moment to edit warring over the most trivial thing. This page documents our lamest examples. It isn't comprehensive or authoritative, but it serves as a showcase of situations where people lose sight…

  August 16 2010, 2:46am | Comments

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