Failing again. Failing better.
It’s another busy day here, as I wrap up one thing and prepare to start something else, so I’ve prepared a little pop quiz instead of my usual witty remarks. Everyone likes pop quizzes, right? Question: Which of the following options is the best? Option A: Comics started by a father, dropped into his son’s…
Today, Wired’s Danger Room posted an article about “loose geeks.” I think most people are at least familiar with the concept of loose nukes. “Loose geeks” refers to the related (but perhaps less well known) problem of how to prevent all the nuclear engineers, machinists, physicists, etc. from selling their services to unsavory regimes or…
Pardon the delay, although E.D. Kain’s article is a few months old, I only just came across it, via Andrew Sullivan’s blog. Kain, from what I can put together, is a fan of the fantasy genre. But he thinks that while fantasy is very popular now (as gauged by TV ratings and box office returns),…