London is a Spook Country for me
Nerd alert: I’m a big fan of William Gibson and I collect signed first edition books of his. Yeah, I even collect the regional versions with different front covers… William Gibson has a new book out called Spook Country* and he’s doing the rounds at the moment doing book signings. Of course, he won’t be [...]
I read it in the newspaper so it must be true Feb2807
Sometimes my mind boggles at the people who are supposed to be running things on this tiny planet of ours. Two stories from The Register: US Superfighter software glitch fixed Jets can now cross Pacific, Far East safe for democracy again Significant new capabilities have been added to the US Air Force’s latest superfighter, the [...]
Bad birds
Caitriona.net has posted a very nice photo of a flock of birds. It’s full of movement and, combined with the overcast sky, there’s a hint of menace as the birds fly, fly away on their nefarious tasks. It reminded me of the original (1939!!) Wizard of Oz film. Being a contrary sort of person, I [...]
Santa delivers
William Gibson is my favourite author. He hasn’t written anything for awhile but…reading his recent blog, it looks like he’s on the final lap of publishing a new novel. Yippee! He’s calling it ‘Spook Country‘ for now. My new novel sort of glances sideways at this “death of cyberspace” meme. It’s “everting*”, says the French [...]
My finger hurts
I have one of those mice mouses (the plastic kind, not the furry kind) with a scroll wheel in the middle. It’s meant to reduce RSI and improve efficiency as you scroll through webpages and word documents. Cyberscribe has attracted a loon* of the highest order and the spam message is very, very long. My [...]
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