March 19, 2008

Mortgage Crisis Leads to Tent Cities of Homeless

Filed under “Politics,” “Television,” and “Video”
by Adam at 11:30 PM

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As reported by BBC News:

I learned about this video from a post on Boing Boing, where Cory Doctorow raises an excellent question: why is the British news media covering this, but not the US media?

Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)

Filed under “Books,” “Writing,” and “Life”
by Adam at 11:12 AM

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Arthur C. Clarke passed away yesterday afternoon, having suffered from breathing problems and back trouble during the last days of his life. His was some of the first “hard” science fiction I read, after graduating from the Star Trek spin-off novels in my local public library.

ZDNet’s Jason Perlow reminds me of a passage from 2010 that seems appropriate for the occasion. In this exchange, the dead/assimilated David Bowman talks with HAL about his own impending demise:

HAL: What is going to happen?

Dave: Something wonderful.

HAL: I’m afraid.

Dave: Don’t be. We’ll be together.

HAL: Where will we be?

Dave: Where I am now.

Thanks for your stories, Sir Clarke. Have fun exploring the universe. :-)