No maps for these territories

My friend and classmate Morgan Cowles died yesterday, in an avalanche near Yosemite. http://www.keyt.com/news/local/14847671.html He was a lovely man, perhaps the definition of easy-going, but committed and kind and fun-loving. I always remember him smiling. I am glad he passed away doing something a little wild, something he loved; would that we all could live [...]

makes me both happy: that I know such great people; and slightly sad: do I push myself enough? —- Anyway, here is something beautiful and sad. Page all the way through it as it is rather amazing. And here is a new blog by Benjamin Mako Hill, called Revealing Errors. It’s about the cracks in [...]

I just watched the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who, which features a plot whereby plastic things (notably window dummies) come to life and march around like zombies trying to strangle people. That is precisely how I feel about the manuscript right now. It’s the shop window dummy. I’m me. Help, someone, [...]

Last night I dreamed that James Marsters rescued me from a dying planet. Under the aegis of aliens (and/or the government?), it turned out our hotel complex was really a spaceship. I was one of twenty or thirty to be saved (all chosen by James, for unknown reasons) and I nearly didn’t make it because [...]

this is completely awesome. thanks !

http://www.qwantz.com/archive/001153.html

A cloud atlas is a book that catalogs different types of clouds, with photographs or drawings. Typically they are of a particular geographical area. They are old fashioned books in this day of ubiquitous satellite imagery, with their folio sizing and large, heavy photographic plates; and they are rather magical: how can you build an [...]