The Megasometherium Club

I recently commented to Kate Elliot that Paul Linebarger (aka Cordwainer Smith) was a college classmate of L. Ron Hubbard. I decided to dig up my source for this tidbit, a review of a Hubbard biography, Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, that appeared...

Following up on Ted's robot post:
Terri posted this great video of Theo Jansen's sculptures over at the Endicott Studio blog.
In the comments, seeming like spam, there was a link to a Youtube piece, "The Wind"—which is completely different but lots of fun. Marcel Marceau, anyone? (and that's good? how odd)....

After Readercon I visited the MIT Museum, and for me the coolest exhibit by far was the collection of Arthur Ganson's kinetic sculptures. Photos can't do them justice, and even videos don't capture the experience of seeing them in person, but these will...

It takes a lot to penetrate my outrage fatigue these days, but here's a news item that did it: remember the four Blackwater contractors killed in Fallujah in 2004? Now Blackwater is suing their families for $10 million. Apparently they figure this is...