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Badass: Literature

The Battle of Roncevaux Pass is a testament to this, as Roland and the other legendary Twelve Peers (considered the greatest warriors of their time) led an army of 20,000 men against an ambush of 100,000-150,000 men. And THEN,...

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Naomi Klein: 'No Logo' Revisited

By Naomi Klein, Picador Press. Share and save this post: David Edwards, Muriel Kane Upcoming AlterNet stories on Digg The following is from the new introduction to the 10th Anniversary Edition of Naomi Klein's classic book, "No...

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Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020

Lucas123 writes "Scientists at Intel are working on developing sensors that would be implanted in a person's head in order to harness brain waves that could then be used to control computers, televisions, cell phones and other...

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PODCAST: Cory Doctorow talks Makers, 3-D printers, and Disney at Harvard Book Store [MP3]

Cory Doctorow opens his mouth, and nerdgasms fall out: at any given moment, he's liable to be spouting off about feral robot dogs, space domes over Disney World, or building a haunted hotel modeled after a Quake level ("I'll...

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Greasing the Pan: The “Best” of Paul T. Riddell / The Savage Pen of Onan: The “Best” of the...

Paul T. Riddell has an opinion. And he’s not afraid to use it. The Texas-based “science fiction essayist” apparently raised many an eyebrow when he wrote a ton of articles and reviews for zines and online way back when (aka the...

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CETIS09: A Brave New World?

Reflections from the CETIS09 conference held in Birmingham last week. Everyone will have had their own experience, so this is not a comprehensive report but picks out some of our highlights of the event.

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Goings on About Town: Theatre

class=goatTitle-->MOVIE-STAR WATTAGE Empirical evidence is mounting for the case that you can’t have a Broadway show these days without a marquee name attached. Scarlett Johansson, in her Broadway début, and Liev Schreiber star...

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Video Game Requires Kissing

By Bill Christensen, Technovelgy.com Love Plus is a new Japanese dating simulation for the Nintendo DS that requires a fair amount of interaction between you and your simulated date. Including kissing! Having selected a virtual...

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Must-Read Science Fiction Books for Teenagers

Six of the Best Sci-Fi Novels for Young Adults Teens who appreciate authentic science fiction will love these classic sci-fi novels which originally inspired, and continue to influence, the entire sci-fi genre. Science fiction...

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so what is this STYLE thingy?

The 9th post under Blogathon category has a topic that goes “What defines style?”. Again, the guy who’s more in tune with his tongue than his eyes sorta… struggle. *went into a 30 minute thinking phase* Style is usually...

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