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• New SF Ideas from Rudy Rucker 26 Aug 2008
  Rudy Rucker, always one of the most original minds in SF, author of Software, Postsingular, and the astonishing The Lifebox, the Seashell and the Soul, responds to my Singularity post not with a grump. […]
• New Tab Concepts 25 Aug 2008
  The user experience for opening up a new tab in Firefox is somewhat lacking: you are greeted by an intimidating, blank canvas with no hint of what to do. Could Firefox be doing something better with i. […]
• Blood Kisses 25 Aug 2008
  To town yesterday, to a screening at Frightfest of Let The Right One In, the film version of the bestselling Swedish vampire novel, adapted for the screen by its author, John Ajivide Lindqvist. Set in. […]
• Nuclear Winter in Chernobyl | Stuck In Customs 25 Aug 2008
  
• DJ Spooky v. Cory Doctorow: a CBLDF mashup! video 25 Aug 2008
  Here, for your enjoyment and edification, the first sixty minutes of Thursday night’s CBLDF fundraiser with DJ Spooky and Cory Doctorow, in seven bite-size parts. [Lots of video after the jump]
• Video: Angus Abranson Interview (Dr. Who RPG) 24 Aug 2008
  
• Lethal Star Trek blade seized in knives amnesty 24 Aug 2008
  I have no joke here: This horrifying five-foot weapon has been recovered by police during a knife amnesty. The three-handled sword with a blade at either end, designed to be swung like a paddle, shoc. […]
• MI5 on Terrorist Profiling 22 Aug 2008
  There's no profile: MI5 has concluded that there is no easy way to identify those who become involved in terrorism in Britain, according to a classified internal research document on radicalisation se. […]
• Announcing the Extend Firefox 3 Contest Winners 21 Aug 2008
  Extend Firefox 3 has wrapped up and we’re very excited to announce the winners! We received well over 100 entries, representing hundreds of hours of hard work from people around the world. This cont. […]
• "What black arts could have stripped this chocolate of its natural hue?" 21 Aug 2008
  Selections From H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter Chocolate Cherry Cordial You must not think me mad when I tell you what I found below the thin shell of chocolate used. […]