Pointless Anecdotes: Making science

2010-03-29

Reading and recently read

Fokker D.21 P Skulski. One of those small overview books with some nice plan views.
Flyghistorisk revy nr 27: SAAB 29 Tunnan L Berns (ed). Mandatory reading.
Artificial Intelligence for Games I Millington. Good overview, but marred by dangerous lack of proof-reading.
Blood Music G Bear. Resistance was futile. They were assimilated.
Man Plus F Pohl. The constant surprise at what bits of technology do not move at the proposed rate, both faster and slower. The world-spanning network of all of 8000 computers, indeed.
The Space Merchants F Pohl & C M Kornbluth. Mad Men before they became cool.

Places I keep track of

IPMS Stockholm One of the best plastic modelling forums you'll find.
Hyperscale More modelling stuff.
Occasional kvetch Thnidu is a linguist and an old friend.
Trauma Queen The diary of a paramedic in Edinburgh—distilled life.
Another CyborgManifesto Small and large, always with alarming skill.
The darling buds of May A brace of young girls contemplating the world.
Aardvarchaeology What kind of archaeologist doesn't have a whip or even a fedora?
Ting och Tankar Archaeologists everywhere!
Arkland Archaeology and random bits.
Pharyngula Biology, politics and atheism. And squid. Lots of squid.
Halfway There My students were (almost) never quite as clueless as professor Zeno's.
Bad Science Ben Goldacre keeping science journalists honest. The pseudoscientists just don't care.
James Randi Educational Foundation Fighting against the deluders to help the deluded.
Piled Higher and Deeper Mike Slackenerny, that's me. Free food, anyone?
Sinfest God, the Devil, Buddha, pot-smoking bacon-eating pigs, cool babes, …
The Pain—When will it end? Thankfully, at least death is guaranteed.
Something positive Magical realism in a very cynical way.
Chicken Wings It's about birds…that fly…
xkcd Don't miss the mouse-overs.