Category: IRL
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...
Mars Dust Attitude
While ego searching on Google, I discovered a site called Mars Dust. Specifically I discovered an oldish editorial by MarsDust editor-in-chief Jason Prentice Ahlquist on...
Dillon Family Fandom Trivia
Kevin Dillon and Matt Dillon’s great uncle Alex Raymond was the creator of the Flash Gordon comic strip. Raymond’s sister Bea Dillon was the grandmother of...
Winner of the Cryogenically Frozen People’s Choice Award
Slashdong reminded me that I hadn’t talked about the Svedka robot babe yet. Los Angeles currently has its fair share of billboards featuring pinups of this fembot...
And Another Thing
I know I wrote that I wasn’t going to get into specifics, but it is both unconscionable and pathetic for an organization to copy not only site text buzzwords like...
