March 2011
Dragon Age Writer On Characters’ Bisexuality |... →
Some player complained on the forum that gay romance options were impeding on the “straight male gamer“‘s enjoyment (companions hitting on the player character). You probably want to read the RPS post for more context.
The lead writer gave a beautifil answer.
David Gaider is a fine man. Here’s an extract.
And if there is any doubt why such an opinion might be met with...
WatchPaul Root Wolpe: It’s time to question bio-engineering
Let's get social: Networking frames →
Jim Emerson on the craft behind The Social Network. Great piece.
We’re always reminded that what we’re seeing is being documented. Even the documentation is being documented: the affidavits that have already been filed, the e-mails and texts that were sent, the blog entries, the Harvard Crimson articles entered into evidence… Whenever Mark tries to claim he doesn’t...
“He thinks and thinks about what a product should be and then worries it into...”
– Stephen Bailey on Jonathan Ive
“There is no monument dedicated to the memory of a committee.”
– Lester J. Pourciau
“We would lie in those afternoon beds, afterwards, hands on each other, talking...”
– Margaret Atwood, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
MESSENGER successfully orbits around Mercury →
Ladies and gentlemen… Mercury.
Despite its proximity to Earth, the planet Mercury has for decades been comparatively unexplored […] For the first time in history, a scientific observatory is in orbit about our solar system’s innermost planet. Mercury’s secrets [..] are about to be revealed.
We have scientific observatories around planets and space stations. And I used to read...
Tom Hardy And Joel Edgerton Face Off In WARRIOR... →
the current hot crop of leading men, actors like Jeremy Renner, Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton. They appear on virtually every casting wish list for a 30-something white man for a very simple reason: All of them project the same combination of raw masculinity and intelligence that used to be the driving force of 1970s action film before the 80’s came along and split...
BBC - Adam Curtis : A IS FOR ATOM →
Adam Curtis :
The film also has some of the recordings of the voices of the Commissioners struggling to deal with the Three Mile Island disaster in 1979. It was recorded by a dictaphone left running on a table - and you get a very good sense of what it must feel like to deal with such a crisis. A group of men realising they have no idea what is going on inside the core - knowing only that...
Japan warned over nuclear plants, WikiLeaks cables... →
I love wikileaks.
An official from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in December 2008 that safety rules were out of date and strong earthquakes would pose a “serious problem” for nuclear power stations.
the cable
Fukushima Nuclear Accident – 15 March summary of... →
Japan suffered an earthquake and tsunami of unprecedented proportion that has caused unbelievable damage to every part of their infrastructure, and death of very large numbers of people.
The media have chosen to report the damage to a nuclear plant which was, and still is, unlikely to harm anyone.
This just got bumped to a level 6 on the INES scale, out of seven, so…
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