No Book in Google Book Search

Google Book Search

Hmmm…. Right…

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Year of the Dog, begone

So as Oscar pointed out, it’s been the Year of the Dog.

Yeh, no kidding. I’ve been working like a freaking dog.

Oh, and next year it’s the year of the pig.

Wow, something to really look forward to, that.

Asimov’s Fourth Law: No Stairs!

Warning: Stairs

All you car freaks who visited the Auto Africa show at Nasrec, near Joburg earlier this year must have noticed Honda’s diversion into robotics, and their latest (quite incredible, and somewhat scary) creation – ASIMO.

ASIMO balancing on one foot

This lead to a long, comprehensive discussion later that evening (over a couple of drinks, of course) between Brad and myself on the some of the design aspects, autonomy, dangers and relative intelligence of the humanoid robot we saw. During that conversation I played more the part of critic, and Brad the protagonist. (I’ve been reading waaay too much of Cory Doctorow’s thought provoking sci-fi ).

Which makes it all the more comforting when you see ASIMO fail.

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Back to the Future Timeline (or How To while away half a day in alternate realities…)

This awesome Wikipedia entry takes you through every detail of the Back To The Future timeline. All three movies interlinked and cross referenced. Someone obviously has a lot of free time (or has perhaps mastered the art of time-travel).

[via: kottke.org]

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Scary Mary

A childhood movie that will never be the same again…
Mary Poppins re-invented in the horror genre:

Scary Mary Poppins
Trailer here

Via: The Disney Blog

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