Author Archives: Dave Gottlieb

links for 2010-09-03

Radiohead concert, filmed by fans, audio provided by the band!

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Lead hats and underwear

A friend is doing a project on the evidence for harmful effects from long-term cellphone use. Things are starting to look a little scary. The evidence is still far from conclusive, but it is apparently pretty suggestive. Brain cancer and … Continue reading

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links for 2010-08-27

So I just hooked up a 2GB 5850 to my laptop… – [H]ard|Forum (tags: Geek notebook tech gaming)

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More band names

With apologies to Illuminatus! The Neoliberal Consensus The Group of Seven Plus Russia The Payday Lenders The Coming Anarchy The Vanishing Middle Class The Pacific Garbage Patch The Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York The Masters of … Continue reading

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links for 2010-08-20

Michael Swanwick Online: Profile of Gardner Dozois Odin gave an eye for wisdom. Gardner paid for his editorship with his own fiction. Serious editing takes the same kind of creative energy as does serious writing. (tags: dozois swanwick fiction sf … Continue reading

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Gene Wolfe takes a “no comment”

JJ: Many of your books, particularly the Latro and Briah books, portray a dimly-seen conflict or at least interaction of “higher powers” that is in part “behind” the human events. One sees the same kind of thing in the Book … Continue reading

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links for 2010-08-18

China's Kaifeng Jewish Community Descendants Study at Yeshiva in Jerusalem – Forward.com Tao Lin Will Have the Scallops | The New York Observer The Observer said, "Nobody who writes about Tao Lin really understands him. My piece will be definitive." … Continue reading

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links for 2010-08-09

[G] Self-Improvement (tags: starcraft)

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Economic migrants and Romer’s charter cities

The real test for Romer’s attitude toward democracy is not whether it conforms to Western ideals, but whether it appeals to the poor people whom Western aid agencies claim to be serving. And on this score, the answer is clear. … Continue reading

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links for 2010-08-04

The Medium – The Uses and Abuses of Science Blogging, by Virginia Heffernan (tags: science blogs blogging heffernan)

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