January 2010
119 posts
RT @sfwa: SFWA member Charlie Stross has a good analysis of the Amazon-Macmillan situation. http://is.gd/7qoe6
RT @mikodragonfly: Amazon & Macmillan: You both suck. Neither of u get a dime from me until you wake the hell up & stop fleecing both wr …
Special Edition: Trying out the Mindset Simulator →
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Dear Readers, As I mentioned earlier on Twitter, one of our professors, Sir Francis Bacon, has worked with Professor George Sphrantzes to build a device…
Special edition blog: http://bit.ly/asIsLG Trying out the mindset generator with Samuel Butler. #artificialintelligence
Thanks for #FF to @anachronisma & @bwanapapyrus And thanks to @neilhimself for a reply. Hope your quest for (electric) power goes well.
Had not considered implications of last tweet coming from a man in a keffiyeh. To be clear: I’d rather he weren’t still alive.
Today in your news: Osama Bin Laden announces that he’s doing science and he’s Still Alive. @jonathancoulton #climatechange
Sir Bacon tells me this afternoon that he and Sphrantzes are building a device that literally lets you walk a mile in another man’s shoes.
Follow Friday (research) Fellows: @astrolisa @Wendell_Howe @exoplanetology @BwanaPapyrus @anachronisma @arodsf @thehotlibrarian
Early morning mists at the University. No one knows where they come from or where they go. They remind me of lovers past.
Is there a medium that is impenetrable to information?
Good night, JD Salinger, and rest well. The world will always have need for your writing.
The iPad will help me blend in with the locals on trips to the chaotic 21st century. http://mashable.com/apple-tablet
.@boohspooky The real deal: C. neoformans ( http://bit.ly/4AWi3A ) uses melanin to produce energy if gamma-irradiated. http://bit.ly/8YLF4f
Translation Walkthrough with Plastic Farmers, Part... →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, I think we’ve gleaned about all we can from the primary sources. Let’s turn this into a narrative, shall we? Always, Dr. John Skylar Chairman …
Anyone believe in #panspermia? There are fungi that not only resist radiation, but can feed off gamma rays, and they can survive in space.
.@astrolisa Many things can survive; these fungi could thrive there from “eating” radiation. First discovered at Chernobyl. #panspermia
After two days in the primary sources, I’ve written a story based on what we did in Parts I and II. Part III is up: http://bit.ly/9ZALxX
RT @aeromenthe Anthro kids run away from home to do an ethnography of the circus.
Perfomance review time for my assistant. “You’re doing just as well as you did the last ten centuries,” blah. Why bother? #bureaucrap
.@Wendell_Howe Technology for one-man med team to save Palawa may exist in your time stream by 2937, acc. to my data. #temporaltues
I am concerned that the first manned mission to Mars in your time stream may be a NASCAR-sponsored Pit Crew to #FreeSpirit
RT @cortsims Easier to trust results from archaeological digs. Ancient DNA distinguished from modern DNA http://bit.ly/5O54on
RT @astrolisa RT @elakdawalla: So today’s headline seems to be: we now have one rover and one wigglable lander on Mars.
Finished another translation project, now hard at work on the one I’ll share with you tomorrow, which comes from your future. #temporaltues
I fail to understand the science behind the Unversity’s miniature coffee plants, but I certainly appreciate them.
RT @HeatherMeMaher: @colleenlindsay “When you publish me, I need you to use my pen name because I owe back child support & fines.” #thin …
Continued today: Translating the Future. Plastic Trawlers and darker ages. http://bit.ly/8WQJT9
Translation Walkthrough with Plastic Farmers, Part... →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, On Friday I gave you some primary sources and a little bit of analysis of those sources. Now today I’m going to synthesize those sources into…
Sunday Seminar Series: Mindset →
Dear Readers,
Image by wallyg via Flickr Each time your Sunday rolls around, I post a short piece coverted from one of my lectures for CHRN/AUG 100. It’s my introductory course for…
Sunday Seminar! How mindset affects the study of #history, #anthropology, and #anachronism: http://bit.ly/84jUgO
Is blog fiction the new pulp fiction? Could be.
RT @josholalia: Study confirms connection between daydreaming & superior intelligence http://bit.ly/64EVYH via @VenessaMiemis @Marilyn_R …
RT @RollingJustice: Please RT Episode 1 - Housing http://youtu.be/uQcyEYtkY6Q -next court date 1/26/10 to determine if Kevin will be hom …
I feel a strange compulsion to tweet MOAR #COWBELL, but I cannot explain it.
Looks like I won this week @2log (http://2log.biz ) Their other posts are great, they were just being nice to me. Check ‘em out!
A two-part series on turning sources into stories. Part I: sources from the plastic farmers of Alaska, circa 2750 http://bit.ly/6iTb2u
Translation Walkthrough with Plastic Farmers, Part... →
Image via Wikipedia Dear Readers, I often discuss how I “translate” sources into narratives. Those of you who read regularly know that I post both personal accounts and “stories”…
.@writersrelief When I must invent a character, I pick a name that fits the cultural context best from tax registers/records sources etc.
And a very special #FF to @Wendell_Howe, an excellent colleague who stimulates both collaboration and debate.
#FF to those who helped in my work @Bwanapapyrus @Allandaros @mikodragonfly @exoplanetology
#FF in thanks for spreading the message: @Anachronisma @Uncouthamerican @with_headphones @daintyballerina @starrechelon
Still going over at 2log! Today: The Puppeteers, foes of mine who manipulate time streams. http://2log.biz/?blog_id=2622 @Wendell_Howe
It’s through debates like the one on #timetravel that I am having with @Wendell_Howe that academics advance and Twitter shows real power.
Cosmic attempt at healthcare reform. RT @astrolisa RT @stevesilberman: Meteorite strikes doctor’s office in VA - http://bit.ly/8yK3cl
Working right now on a blog post where I deconstruct the Anachronist process and show you how I create my narratives from primary sources.
Reading old Earth Salic Law provisions. Incurs a fine if you remove a head that someone else has put on a pike. Not your head to take.
I really have to hand it to the University’s oat rollers. Without them, our department would just skip breakfast.
.@anachronisma Feel free to join in on the #timetravel debate if you like! That goes for everybody, on the blog or on twitter.
More excited than ever by the academic collaboration and discussions I’ve begun with @Wendell_Howe