Red Cedar
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Month: February 2008
Threats to humanity
The other day an article popped into my mailbox that caught my eye – Killer Military Robots Post Latest Threat to Humanity, Experts Say – in which a number of leading experts are sounding the alarm about the new machines with artificial intelligence that… Continue Reading “Threats to humanity”
The People, Yes
For my birthday, Brian gave me a first edition copy (1936) of The People, Yes – a booklength poem by modernist author Carl Sandburg. At first I didn’t realize that it was a book length work – I thought each numbered poem was separate… Continue Reading “The People, Yes”
A threat is a threat except on Facebook?
Last week, an old friend of mine from the TAO days testified at a trial in Toronto as a “Facebook expert” in a case involving a man who has been accused of making threats (including death threats) against the Children’s Aid Society and a… Continue Reading “A threat is a threat except on Facebook?”
Houses for book geeks.
Lately I’ve been coming across all these very cool built-in bookshelf designs for houses on the Internet. Being an uber-bookgeek with a strong aesthetic sense, these are pretty much the only apartment/house design features that are at all interesting to me. Since I don’t… Continue Reading “Houses for book geeks.”
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