- Girl Who Does Not Age, Brooke Greenberg Baffles Doctors – ABC News
On the one hand, my heart goes out to her and her family. On the other hand her condition could radically transform our understanding of the ageing process, which could be a game-changer….
- Flickr Photo Download: Kieron made me do it
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you a horrifyingly accurate psychological portrait of Kieron Gillen, acclaimed author of Phonogram and Beta Ray Bill: Godhunter. Warning: not suitable for children, those of a nervous disposition, or really, anyone.
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Bookmarks for June 23, 2009
- » Saga of the Swamp Thing #20
Steve Bissette offers a behind the scenes look at the creation of the first issue of Alan Moore's industry-changing run on Swamp Thing, only recently reprinted for the first time.
- The V: A summary
I am very very occasionally asked why I'm not on The V (an old internet hangout) these days. I can't imagine my presence is terribly missed, but Dave has thrown up a summary of the board that he found somewhere (either on the board itself, or on some kind of nerd forum review site, I guess) that has rather set me to thinking about on-line communities, why I basically don't participate in them any more despite having spent a significant chunk of my 20s in one forum or another, and what I think they lack, and it's a topic I wouldn't mind writing something longer about in the near future, so I'm just bookmarking the summary as a useful starting point.
- Angels in the Abattoir
Thea Gilmore's new idea for a music business model. I'll be interested to see if it takes off. And if I have the spare cash, I might well sign up.
Bookmarks for June 2, 2009
- Kamikaze Cookery – How to watch and participate tonight – KKC Live
Hugh and Alex are up to the brand of idiocy that makes me proud to call them my friends: they're cooking not one, but two recipes from three-Michelin-star chefs with a fondness for extremely complicated cooking procedures, and they're going it live on the internet tonight. I strongly suggest you watch. And heckle them on twitter.
Bookmarks for February 12, 2009
- apiphile: zen and the art of hurtling towards the ground at a million miles an hour; a manifesto
With Valenties Day about to heave into view for another year, my friend Del writes about falling in love, and produces one of the finest, most impassioned and general beautiful pieces of writing I've seen in a while. Go and read it.
- Hacking the Earth by Jamais Cascio
Jamais Cascio is too clever by half. And he has written a book, for to expand your brains on the subject of climate engineering, and the ways in which we might survive these here end times what are upon us. Read it, unless you want to wind up a slave to the hideous race of lizard overlords that will doubtless come to dominate the planet once the ice caps melt and the atmosphere fills up with noxious fumes.
Bookmarks for January 9, 2009
- Hong Kong at Night
A fucking huge, and fucking lovely, photo of well, exactly what it says. No particular reason to link to it, it's just pretty, that's all.
- Stu Nathan's London Observations
My friend Stu is a bit handy with words, and a lot more aware of the word around him than I am, and he occasionally writes up the interesting people he encounters as he commutes or otherwise goes about his business in London. These are a beautifully rendered, and very real, slice of what life is like in the greatest city on earth. Go and read them.
Stu West
Stu West’s website. Stu is a nice chap who I met the other week at Bristol. I recommend “The Immaculate Bastard” as one of the funniest things I’ve read lately.
TPO
The Lair of The Painted One. Ian’s just started blogging, and has been good enough to permalink me. Everybody stop by and say hi to Ian. (Note to those few people who are good enough to do this sort of thing: I’ll reciprocate, as soon as I get the bastard re-design sorted out…)
Frightening Curves
“It’s not every day you see your dead wife on the tube.” Frightening Curves. Read it at once.