We’re very forward-thinking here at SnoutCast. Well, at least one of us is. More or less. It’s okay. [ Download mp3 – 23 MB ] 00:59 – “technological”02:57 – times change; cf. Shinteki Aquarius Remix04:23 – what is a Luddite,…
Category: sci/tech
SnoutCast #97: Neuroplasticity
This is not our best podcast. [ Download mp3 – 26 MB ] 00:59 – “brainy”01:17 – “For a Healthy Brain in Old Age, Start Early” (NPR, January 4, 2007)03:20 – “Stay Mentally Active” (Alzheimer’s Association, 2011)05:14 – “Nine Stubborn…
Postcard #46
Adam is my editor at ProgrammableWeb and the author of Map Scripting 101. He’s also very tall. Speaking of PW, I’m taking a break from my API news blogging right now to devote time to NaNoWriMo and some other projects….
Mars Stowaway
My tax dollars at work: You, too, can send your name to Mars!
Book Report: Wireless
It’s a good collection, showing a great range of Charlie’s work, and including the 2010 Hugo Award-winning novella “Palimpsest.” For more, I direct you to Strange Horizons‘ 2009 book review. Buy the book: Powell’s, Amazon (affiliate links)
The Hump Day Report
Woke up early-ish this morning to take Tye to the vet for another ECG (result: he responded normally to atropine, so apparently he just has a slow resting heart rate), then played hooky in the afternoon to go see Scott…
Book Report: WWW:Wake
I have issues with Robert J. Sawyer. He’s a good writer, and he tells a good story, but sometimes his prose becomes a patchwork of pop-culture references bordering on fanfic-wink-wink: if you don’t get what he’s talking about from the…
Book Report: Drive
This made for an interesting companion book to Free, which I also read recently. Where Free looks at how businesses can make money off zero- or low-cost offerings, Drive investigates the other side of the coin: asking what motivates people…
Book Report: FREE
Anyone who spends any amount of time on the Internet already knows about many of the topics Wired editor Chris Anderson discusses in this book, and probably knows more about some of them. At less than 300 pages (including a…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Wrong Number”
Yes, I have seen Avatar, but this idea was around long before James Cameron started dreaming about giant blue cat people. Read “Wrong Number” at 512 Words or Fewer