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March 24, 2007

Future Paleo

I belong to a flickr group called paleo-future devoted to images of outdated visions of the future. Enjoy this comic of the present as it might be viewed by the future with one of my favorite authors as the punchline. He is a contributer to the awesome boingboing. His novels are below. His law and silly pics here.

Update: Check out Scott Beale / Laughing Squid‘s photo from flickr.

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

(Book)

Authors:Cory Doctorow
Manufacturer:Tor Books
Released:05 December, 2003

A Place So Foreign and Eight More

(Book)

Authors:Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling
Manufacturer:Four Walls Eight Windows
Released:18 August, 2003

Eastern Standard Tribe

(Book)

Authors:Cory Doctorow
Manufacturer:Tor Books
Released:10 March, 2005

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town

(Book)

Authors:Cory Doctorow
Manufacturer:Tor Books
Released:16 June, 2005

Overclocked: Stories of the Future Present

(Book)

Authors:Cory Doctorow
Manufacturer:Thunder’s Mouth Press
Released:11 January, 2007

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December 9, 2006

Wii have a problem solver

Consumerist has posted a solution to flying wii controllers. Comment on waiting for an official solution from Nintendo: “It ain’t carved from Zelda’s hyperpolygnal ass and handed down by the hands of many small Japanese gods, but it’ll do the trick.”

Nintendo Wii is a new gaming system where you move the controllers through the air to control the action on the screen. Some people have been doing so a bit overzealously. [See Wii Have a Problem; also the twisted take by Penny Arcade; Originally noticed the Wii on boingboing with a funny post by Mark Frauenfelder]

Official Solution: Nintendo is replacing straps. Information Here.

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