Category: IRL
A Very Merry
Wikipedia has launched a delightful new project called Wikiquote. Harlan Ellison on the subject of this time of year: Christmas is an awfulness that compares favorably...
Is Narnia a Real Place?
Narni is an ancient hilltown and comune of Umbria in central Italy, with 20,100 inhabitants according to the 2003 census; at altitude 240 m (787 ft) it overhangs a...
Who was Geoffrey Chaucer?
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343 – October 25, 1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat (courtier), and diplomat. Chaucer is best known as the author of The...
Why would I want a motorized chair?
According John Acres and the Bigha web site, the answer is not what Gizmodo and Sexy Fandom previously reported about the Bigha Stargazer Sex Chair, but rather,...
Who Wants a Cyberhug?
The day before yesterday, Yahoo reported that scientists from Singapore had figured out how to operate a vibrating jacket on a chicken via web-based controls. They have...
Happy Thanksgiving
I’ve looked at a lot of web pages about fandom conventions this month. It got me feeling all nostalgic. One of the things I really looked forward to when I was...
The Oldest Digital Profession
I already wrote about the Japanese cherry blossoms of the deai kei or matchmaking industry in Asia. But don’t think it is only the home of tentacle rape and train...
Happy Birthday Jack Schaefer
Seminal writer Jack Schaefer’s birthday was today. He wrote my favorite Western Shane. Shane was ne of the original bad boys for one to pine for as he rode away on...
PT-141 Viagra Alternative Sex Drug Inhaler
According to an excellent New York Magazine feature article penned by Julian Dibbell, we may be as close as three years away from an actual proper sexual arousal...
Sci Fi Conventions
Sci Fi Conventions is a helpful little site which gives a really nice overview of what a newcomer to fandom (or at least to cons) can expect from the convention...
