Sideblog

• Bibliophile Stalker: Interview: Lucius Shepard 2 Dec 2008
  
• Infrastructural Domesticity 2 Dec 2008
  Because "it takes too long to come down to ground level each day to make it worthwhile," a crane operator on the Burj Dubai – the world's tallest building – is rumored to have "been up there for o. […]
• Here Comes Everybody Review 25 Nov 2008
  In 1937, Ronald Coase answered one of the most perplexing questions in economics: if markets are so great, why do organizations exist? Why don't people just buy and sell their own services in a market. […]
• *My Final Post *You do not know when you lose a perfectly 23 Nov 2008
  My Final Post You do not know when you lose a perfectly bad situation until it becomes worse. Any sense whatsoever in this sentence? Actually I do not know what's been holding me back from writing. I. […]
• Comic for November 22, 2008 22 Nov 2008
  
• The Neuroscience of Cons 18 Nov 2008
  Fascinating: The key to a con is not that you trust the conman, but that he shows he trusts you. Conmen ply their trade by appearing fragile or needing help, by seeming vulnerable. Because of THOMAS [. […]
• Vapor Bursts 17 Nov 2008
  Looks like advancing technology is again going to force me to rearrange the part of my mental filing cabinet that separates far future science fictiony technology from what could conceivably happen in. […]
• Save the Squid. Destroy New York. 17 Nov 2008
  [comics] Save The Squid: Hope …
• Weekend Getaway: Jonathan Lethem 16 Nov 2008
  Jonathan Lethem (shown on the right with editor Gordon van Gelder on the left) cut his teeth in the publishing industry through science fiction. His early work appeared in publications such as Pulpho. […]
• Watchmen Trailer 15 Nov 2008
  I’m such a Johnny-come-lately on this. For 20 years friends have been telling me Watchmen is brilliant. I only just read it last month and now I’m running around telling everyone how great it is.. […]