Hypnerotomachiapet

I love lucid

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:43 GMT

A Dream Interpretation: Tuneups for the Brain

As someone who has made sporadic attempts at lucid dreaming, I find the idea of dreams as a 'warmup cycle' for the brain prior to waking to be interesting. Does this mean that if I successfully enter a lucid state and direct my own dream, I am essentially finding a use for an otherwise idling engine?

(Incidentally, I am not a big fan of dream interpretation. Not only because so much of it seems arbitrary and reductionist, it robs the dream of its essential mystery and appeal.)

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codez

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:18:56 GMT

I've got a few Dreamwidth beta account activation codes, in case there's anyone still out there who wants one. First come, first serve, either in comments or to swede at novitious dot com.

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The year of the rotating onion was a really good year.

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:55:48 GMT

Pinched from flemco...

Revealed! My formerly secret Kenyan birth certificate.

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i see no way this could go wrong and destroy humanity

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:16:48 GMT

Domestic robots with a taste for flesh.

Ahll be bach... vith condiments!

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good envirocop, bad envirocop

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:41:58 GMT

An interesting report on how climate change is affecting us right here and right now: New US climate report dire, but offers hope

But, chances are, if you haven't already been moved by the 'some nastiness comin' down, pay attention, dammit' approach, that won't reach you, either. This, however, may be more appealing to you: "Lazy Environmentalist" says don't feel bad

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eeeenteresting...

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:07:44 GMT

Scribd starts an 'online document store' where authors get 80% of the cut.

Not saying this is where The Novel's gonna show up (I'm still actively soliciting publisher slush piles and literary agents), but I've got some other work that this might be perfect for.

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rough music

Thu, 28 May 2009 03:11:10 GMT

14:28 Emu, it is not for thee to emulsify baconshins. #

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and lo, it is dreamy

Fri, 15 May 2009 20:25:39 GMT

I now have a DreamWidth account, so here I go in testing the crossposting feature. Avaunt, and thanks to Peg for the invite!

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and yet, none of them predicted my army of ninja monkeys. pity.

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:48:33 GMT

Five futurist visionaries and what they got right.

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oh, what du hell

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:43:48 GMT

I seek the invite. I shall owe (legal and affordable beverage of choice) to she or he who gives, should we ever meet. And stuff.

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stronger, faster, weirder

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:23:58 GMT

Bionic penguins take to the water -- and the skies.

Why is it my guidance counselor never mentioned 'building flying robot penguins' as a career option?

I especially am looking forward to when the bionic penguins take on their clear nemesis, the bionic octopus.

And if that wasn't enough:

13 things that do not make sense.

I bet the bionic jellyfish will solve these.

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now this be cool

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:23:41 GMT

Mind-reading device sends Twitter messages.

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i m intense an myzterious. scritch mah belly!

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:06:26 GMT

You Are a Snow Leopard

You have learned that you must rely on yourself, and yourself alone, to live a happy life.
You are understand the world better than most people you know. You are very perceptive and intuitive.

You need lots of space to think. If you don't get the space you need, you're likely to bite someone's head off.
Because you are so thoughtful and solitary, people find you to be intense and mysterious. You're even seen as intimidating.

What Big Cat Are You?

linked in

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:06:15 GMT

In case anyone has a LinkedIn account, I am now (as of yesterday) on there. If you're on there, feel free to add me to your network. If not, don't worry about it -- it's pretty much all businessy over there. Which has its place, sure... I'm just sayin'.

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bad cows bad cows, whacha gonna do...

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:38:53 GMT

How now brown cow? Run for it!

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fun!

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 21:09:03 GMT

Tactile illusions: seven ways to fool your sense of touch

I especially want to try the body swap one someday...

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happy friday!

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:28:16 GMT

Maggots no wonder cure for festering wounds

Next they'll be telling us that leeches are no good for curing the scurvy...

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good reading

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:25:11 GMT

New brochure promoting 'climate change literacy.'

Covers the basics of climate change and its consequences in an easy-to-understand way. Recommended to anyone genuinely curious about the worsening climate situation and how it got that way, with a minimum of ten-dollar words.

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i should be so lucky

Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:52:36 GMT

I am:

Alfred Bester

A pyrotechnic talent who put only a small portion of his energy into writing.

Which science fiction writer are you?

good news and bad news

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:53:19 GMT

Antarctic glaciers melting faster than thought

So the good news is that scientists were wrong about global climate change. The bad news is... um... everything else.

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next, we discover the effect shoggoth farts have on the ozone...

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:47:57 GMT

Alp-sized peaks found entombed in Antarctic ice

Though this is, in fact, a story on how scientists are trying to accurately predict the consequences of accelerating global climate change, I have to admit, the first thought I had was, 'holy crap, they've found the Mountains of Madness.'

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want

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:02:32 GMT

Attention everybody who's been saying, "Hey, where's my jetpack, future science?"

If you've got a spare $100,000 lying about, it's time to pony up.

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well, scratch that skipping-work excuse...

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:13:58 GMT

Cello scrotum - the truth at last

Next they'll be saying that 'Kazoo throat' is fake, too...

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novitiwhatever

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:07:34 GMT

I've taken the first step toward scrapping my one-time so-called 'essay journal' on my Novitious website. The entries that were once on Novitious.com have been added here. (Yes, all five! The sheer non-productivity will melt your eyeballs!)

To see them, lovingly preserved for posterity, at least until LJ goes pfft, click on the Novitious tag below.

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rough music

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:16:01 GMT

13:26 @robotech_master Ack. Sounds like you have a bug like I had 2 years ago. Nastiest thing I ever went through. Hope you feel better soon. #
13:29 Looking forward to seeing replays of the Obama inauguration tonight (missed it live). #
13:31 Inevitable tireiron, of thee I insinuate, and call forth a panshard hochle. #

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