Category Archives: Cool

Link for myself

Posted on March 1, 2008 by matt

Twenty Science Fiction Novels that will change your life.

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Star Wars: abridged by a 3 year old

Posted on February 25, 2008 by matt

I have to get my kids watching Star Wars

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Space freighter given launch date

Posted on February 13, 2008 by matt

I never thought I’d live to see the day when the BBC News would have the headline: Space freighter given launch date Okay, it’s not quite as glamourous as all that but it’s still cool.

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Short Stories

Posted on February 7, 2008 by matt

Jens Alfke pointed out The Loneliness Engine and also linked to his own We Had Black Boxes. Great stuff.

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Strange Maps

Posted on February 5, 2008 by matt

This blog about strange maps is just fascinating.

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Wii3D…VF….omfg…

Posted on January 8, 2008 by matt

Okay, I dig this.

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Romero’s Blizzard

Posted on January 4, 2008 by matt

Very heavy snowfall overnight. Deeply uncharacteristic! ‘er indoors compared the ungainly gait and broken formations of the snow walkers to the shambling undead today. See why I love her?

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Screenplays

Posted on December 10, 2007 by matt

Slashfilm has the Black List. The list is compiled with a poll of 150 development executives and high-level assistants, and contains a ranking of the hot screenplays making the rounds in Hollywoodland, which were written in, or are somehow uniquely … Continue reading →

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How to get through the day…

Posted on December 6, 2007 by matt

Essential tips for enhancing your enjoyment at work at the expense of productivity I couldn’t survive without this list.

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The Golden Age of Retro-Future

Posted on November 28, 2007 by matt

From Dark Roasted Blend: This is the start of a new series, collection of the most inspiring & hard-to-find retro-futuristic graphics. We will try to stay away from the well-known American pulp & book cover illustrations and instead will focus … Continue reading →

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Roman Road Maps

Posted on November 27, 2007 by matt

They didn’t have a GPS system back in those days. BBC News link it is an intensely practical document, more like a plan of the London Underground than a map. “The red lines are the main roads. Every so often … Continue reading →

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Passive/Aggressive

Posted on October 2, 2006 by matt

Wow. Am I passive/aggressive? I don’t think so. Sure, I use sarcasm a lot, often in a humourous and self-deprecating way, but am I passive/aggressive? Passive/Aggressive is defined as being reluctant compliance with passive disruption. Such as if you’re forced … Continue reading →

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