Lost worlds and ports of call
I’ll admit my bias up front: I’m a Mac user and I find any Windows OS baffling and user-unfriendly. Apparently Microsoft has ratcheted up their level of un-usability with Windows 8, at least on the desktop.
Read the original article for some fantastic quotes, like “having two environments on a single device is a prescription for usability problems.”
In Texas, I have seen the destruction of feral hogs up close, and actively tried to stop them. In Berlin, Germany feral hogs (as wild boars) apparently also is a major issue, with over 3,000 boars in that city. Although a few hunters stalk the parks and streets to cull the pigs, they face an uphill battle, just like many farmers in Texas and elsewhere in the US.
Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi keeps rapping, despite a fatwa issued seeking his death. He plays his music in exile, yet still fears for his life.
Tor.com has a write-up of a rediscovered Ray Bradbury story recently published in The Strand Magazine.
Great story about the 2012 movie Argo and a planned theme park called Science Fiction Land.
Review of three Scottish crime novels.
Not sure the Tesla S compares to the Model T, at least in terms of price. It does look quite innovative, though, but electric car prices remain out of reach for many. Until they are cheaper few will buy them.
This toy actually seems pretty cool.
I guess it was inevitable that Egypt’s new president would become a beacon of liberty and justice, whoops, assume near-dictatorial control.
I’m more of a paper than eBook fan, and I already have multiple copies of Jack Vance’s books, but owning them all on one device all of a sudden looks very tempting. The VIE Jack Vance collection eBooks are in production and distribution. What a neat way for new fans to discover his work.
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