HAL 9000 is driven insane by the conflicting requirements placed on him, he becomes a madchine.
About Me
- kai
- Back in academia after a decade in industry, with a new generation of students.
Recent comments
Reading and recently read
- Dansa på deadline – uppskjutandets psykologi A Rozental & L Wennersten.
- Biggles går till attack W E Johns, transl A-L Olson. The cover painter has clearly made the effort to read the entire book, incorporating important detail given by a single sentence on p. 203.
- Beach safari mawil, transl B J Conner. Coming from nowhere, leaving for unknown places for unknown reasons.
- Barry Martin rekordflyger H M Brier, transl K-R Östlund. Paper-thin plot, but very interesting in many ways. (It took about 20 years to develop 300+ pax airliners.)
- Mera gubbvarning! Äldre, argare, bittrare. L Norman. Even less funny.
- Gubbvarning! L Norman. Actually isn’t all that funny.
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.
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