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Rainbow's End - Just a Kiddy Park?

Vox Pop wrote 2 months ago: At 20 years old, Rainbows End in Manakau, Auckland is probably not targeted at me but along I went w … more →

Tags: Vox Pop Editorials

Day 7: Synthetic Life and the Singularity

100goalsin1000days wrote 2 months ago: I have a ‘bad’ habit of reading 3-6 different books at the same time, cycling between di … more →

Tags: Goal 058: 100 Books, 100 goals in 1000 days, 101 things in 1001 days, What is life, Ed Regis, vernor vinge

Somerset 20091 comment

reapwhatyougrow wrote 3 months ago: So that's why it is so green We went to Somerset to get away from it all after Easter. The gree … more →

Tags: Cultivation Notice, glastonbury, Easter, somerset

Rainbow's End1 comment

glenview9 wrote 4 months ago: Rainbow's End Wristband On Sat 21st Feb we went to Rainbow’s End for my sisters birthday. … more →

Tags: writing, glenview9

The two Vernor Vinges (the short and the long of it)1 comment

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 5 months ago: I have read several of Vernor Vinge’s novels and found their quality to range anywhere from … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction, A Fire Upon The Deep, vernor vinge, Sci-Fi, SF, Short Stories, The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky

Awesome Quote Of The Day:

taoist wrote 8 months ago: It’s not a singularity if you are riding the curve. And I intend to ride the curve. From the S … more →

Tags: science and technology, cool stuff, vernor vinge, The Singularity

Vinge offers a vivid look at the near future5 comments

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 8 months ago: Vernor Vinge’s Rainbows End (2006) is subtitled “a novel with one foot in the future, … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction, vernor vinge, Sci-Fi, SF

Rainbow's End review

belleofthebooks wrote 9 months ago: Publisher’s description: This is a story about a paradise lost. . . . About an African dream t … more →

Tags: Books, Book Review, book, memoir, nonfiction, Lauren St. John, Africa, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe

Environmental Education Computer Games

aireco wrote 9 months ago: Correlation of Environmental Education and Computer Games The patterns and norms of conventional edu … more →

Tags: Environmental Education Computer Games, Interrelationship of Environmental Education and Comput, fleff, chytrid, Proposal, mayan calendar, Red Camera, Columbia University, Computer geek

Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge

byawhisker wrote 11 months ago: I began reading Rainbows End ready to be amazed. The story is set in 2025 San Diego. We follow the f … more →

Tags: Science Fiction, vernor vinge

Looking At Self Driving Cars

taoist wrote 11 months ago: Over at Brad Templeton’s page is a collection of essays on what self-driving vehicles could of … more →

Tags: science and technology, cool stuff, Science Fiction, vernor vinge

Spotlight On: Charles Stross

geekylibrarian wrote 1 year ago: The last few years have been a particularly good time to be a fan of hard s.f.  The latest crop of w … more →

Tags: Spotlight, Cory Doctorow, SF, Hugo, Charles Stross, Accelerando, merchant princes, down and out in the magic kingdom, Glasshouse

Slashdot Goes Vingean1 comment

taoist wrote 1 year ago: Slashdot has two posts relating to singularity/Vernor Vinge type concepts. One is wondering weather … more →

Tags: cool stuff, vernor vinge, The Singularity

eBooks Without E Paper3 comments

Jason wrote 1 year ago: Update: Adding a bullet list for clarity. For reading books on a computer screen, I recommend: yBoo … more →

Tags: Software, Books, eBooks, fonts, Constantia, Reading, yBook, vernor vinge, A Fire Upon The Deep

Top 10 augmented reality demos that will revolutionize video games33 comments

Ori Inbar wrote 1 year ago: Augmented Reality (AR) has the potential to do something parents can’t: free gamers from their … more →

Tags: AR Demos, AR Games, 3d graffiti, Augmented Reality, big games, carcade, Come Out And Play, Handheld Video Games, human pacman

Massively Multiplayer Media

trippenbach wrote 1 year ago: IBM is starting up an educational MMO – this time, it’s about environmental issues. In P … more →

Tags: abstracting, NASA, MMO, IBM, Augmented Reality, Massively Multiplayer Games

The Importance of Apostrophe1 comment

jaypjohnson wrote 1 year ago: Rainbows End has a lot going on, in several directions, much like the reality it portrays on its pag … more →

Tags: Rhetoric, Writing & Digital Technology, Vinge, Collaboration, Artifice

What day is today?

wolfger wrote 1 year ago: Holy cow. It’s the Sunday between Xmas and NewYear. That means I’ve had 1, 2, 3… 9 … more →

Tags: Blogging, ubuntu, Perl, motu, Debian, Christmas, bug hunting, loco, @ vacation

Wandering Through Blog Land, Virnor Vinge Ebook

bookcalendar wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been wandering through blogland looking at lots of different blogs. I find most libr … more →

Tags: blogs, Art Books, Widgets, Web sites, vernor vinge, blog catalog, Bumpzee


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