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"Starcraft Is a Reflection of Life"
Of course you knew that. But if you ever wanted to get the game theory (and all kinds of other theories about human conduct) behind this intuitively obvious idea, this video of a lecture given by Alan Feng at Berkeley is everything you could have ever hoped for. http://blip.tv/play/gtQk6+MvkPxE (from Academic Earth…but I saw it…
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‘Under the Literary Influence’
Funny piece by Brian McDonald in the NYT’s Proof blog about being addicted to writers who drink.
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Liquid Water Spotted on Mars?
Maybe so, according to this New Scientist article. Be still my spacenerd heart.
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Reading by Gaslight
I don’t know why I never ran across this site before, but it’s a treasure trove. A huge number of pre-1919 (Old Weird?) e-texts, fiction and nonfiction, with an emphasis on the unusual and fantastic. I just spent an hour getting reacquainted with Lafcadio Hearn.
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Maine Comics Arts Festival
Go here or here for information about this brand-new creator-driven one-day (and multiply hyphenated) comics get-together, which takes place on May 17. The picture you see is of Portland’s new Ocean Gateway ferry terminal; since the ferries aren’t using it yet, Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics decided to put the space to good use. Latest…
Crooked House Fictions 