SF Citations: help the OED find the earliest source for a Science Fiction term.
Month: January 2002
Brunching Shuttlecocks: The Geek Hierarchy Also via Steve Jackson)
The One Humvee
…My friends, all this is doable. With a concerted effort, like the top-secret Manhattan Project which created the first atomic bomb … we … could easily duplicate all the properties of the One Ring except its size.
– Wil McCarthy, “The One Humvee”, SciFi.com
(via Steve Jackson)
A site about Celtic art
A site about Celtic art (arts and crafts, really), and a dictionary of Celtic mythology and finally a page about Faeries which warns of grave dangers posed to Tir Na Nog by Saban entertainment…
In Antarctica, Older Is Better.
In Antarctica, Older Is Better. Newfangled technology is about as useful as a bikini in the snows of Antarctica. If the cold doesn’t zap your Palm Pilot, the static electricity will. Kim Griggs reports from Ross Island, Antarctica. [Wired News]
I recall mentioning a discussion about using firearms in cold weather on this blog once… (scroll down a bit).