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Created by The University of Liverpool Library with the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the SF Hub aims to facilitate research into science fiction and its related literary genres.

Loads of sci-fi stuff

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Science

Diffusion of Innovations

Posted in June 6, 2005 ¬ 16:00h.RobinNo Comments »

How is it that some technological innovations get taken up by the masses, and others don’t? How important are innovators and early adopters in this?
Well Mr. Rogers apparently wrote the bible on this:

Rogers, E.M. (1995). Diffusion of innovations (4th edition). The Free Press. New
York.

Here’s the theory laid out in bare bones with an applied example

Here’s a point by point precis
http://www.ksu.edu/humec/atid/UDF/diffusion_model.htm
and here’s a precis of the theory.

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Science

Love at first bite

Posted in June 6, 2005 ¬ 10:53h.Michiel1 Comment »

This couple has an interesting way of expressing their commitment to each other.

Don’t read on a full stomach.

http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20050401.html

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Fashion

Brazilian Star Wars

Posted in June 5, 2005 ¬ 14:48h.MichielNo Comments »

Now everyone will die the primitive way!

Somebody get me a copy of this..

http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=article&articleid=22948

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Media

Amazing suicide bunnies

Posted in June 4, 2005 ¬ 16:17h.MichielNo Comments »

Not really a lot I can say about this. Some of them are pretty subtle or inventive.
Bunny Suicides

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Art

Urban photography

Posted in June 4, 2005 ¬ 01:22h.MichielNo Comments »

Fascinating images detailing aspects of the human condition. B&W. Give this a whirl.

Urban Photos

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Art

MMPORG statistics

Posted in June 2, 2005 ¬ 15:12h.RobinNo Comments »

This page is quite interesting – how more and more people are pulling away from reality to immerse themselves in virtual lives. Lots of statistics and pretty graphs.

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Global Domination

New form of cyberpunk offshoot – InfernoKrusher!

Posted in June 2, 2005 ¬ 14:58h.RobinNo Comments »

Thus, (excerpts from) Notes Toward an Infernokrusher Manifesto:

Explosion is the new transgression. Demolition is the new deconstruction.
[—Benjamin Rosenbaum]

More than the death of the Reader, Infernokrusher prizes the sudden, violent dismemberment of the Reader

Infernokrusher fiction explodes stagnant genre conventions, e.g., that it’s not okay to have all your characters run over by a monster truck in what would seem to be the middle of the story

While other attitudes to art yearn to communicate truths, to move people, to challenge, or to entertain, infernokrusher art wants to blow stuff up

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Stories

Birdflu

Posted in June 2, 2005 ¬ 14:36h.MichielNo Comments »

El reg has a good article on birdflu. Why haven’t my local media outlets reported on events such as [Feb 2005] report of probable person to person transmission of bird flu in Vietnam? I find that to be a little more interesting that, say, the latest creepy news from the Michael Jackson Trial.

P2P transmission of new strains of flu = really, really bad in case you haven’t being paying attention (which, let’s face it, is probably the case..)

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Human Interest

Quantum Cryptography Final Key Transmission

Posted in June 2, 2005 ¬ 13:21h.RobinNo Comments »

NEC Corporation, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, POWEREDCOM, Inc., and Japan Science and Technology Agency have jointly succeeded in realizing fortnight-long, continuous quantum cryptography final-key (note 1) generation at an average rate of 13 kbps over a 16-km-long commercial optical network.

Yeah!

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Science

Superior Pictures

Posted in June 1, 2005 ¬ 01:31h.Michiel2 Comments »

Really big message board with pictures..

.. of women, duh ..

.. yes they’re usually fairly attractive ..

.. no it’s probably not safe for work ..

Superiorpics

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Sex

POV Comp

Posted in May 31, 2005 ¬ 15:52h.RobinNo Comments »

Some incredible images made by the Point Of View raytracer

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Poetry

Fantasy Living

Posted in May 30, 2005 ¬ 17:46h.RobinNo Comments »

How sad to say goodbye to that world of wonder magic and colour which exists in our everyday lives, if only you look at it!

The everyday things you see and take for granted are miracles of some force we don’t really know of – Darwin, God, they are all only partial explanations for the magic of a daisy, a grain of sand or the ocean thudding onto the beach. These small things are the creatures of a world that not many see, when they pave the world with concrete and bricks.

The wonder and delight of a child looking at an entirely new world are treasures that life gives us, but why let it stop from childhood? Every day is filled with entirely new occurences, experiences, faces, all to be enjoyed, lived and felt. All part of a fairytale reality if you let yourself be inhabited by it.

Don’t brick up your heart, the princess is real, fairies exist and the story is true.

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Stories

non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy

Posted in May 27, 2005 ¬ 22:53h.Michiel1 Comment »

Viagra and Cialis might make you blind.

Viagra makes you blind

This must be some karmic catch-up on the universe’s side after failing to deliver on the exact same thing with onanism. In other news – medication can have unexpected side-effects.