Archives by Tag 'Geeky'
Epiphany About Writing Poetry
By Shane Shennan - Last updated: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
I’ve been reading The Pattern on the Stone for a couple days, and it’s a fascinating read. Written by W. Daniel Hillis, it explains the basic concepts behind computing. One point Hillis made is that although we describe the values of a bit as 1 and 0, these are actually arbitrary designations. Hillis says, “These [...]
Plastic Star Wars X-wing Fighter
By Shane Shennan - Last updated: Sunday, March 8, 2009
I came across this intriguing paragraph in the third chapter of The Zenith Angle by Bruce Sterling. I’m not sure why I’m intrigued. The chapter is about a computer expert who is driving across America with his wife and young son in the days after 9/11. He is making the trip in order to do [...]