the flying squirrel

From The Record It’s hard to link people across so many thousands of kilometres, so you have to sort of dig deep sometimes to find those common threads, and I think (it’s) maybe facial hair. Perhaps in the beginning it was a response to the elements, but certainly over time, a fashion statement is one [...]

I like Ad Astra. It’s a cute little con. Got in last night. I was giving Holly a ride so I decided to take off early. Unfortunately, I forgot that I promised I’d also give Eric and Alex a ride. Oops. I was just passing under the 427 when I got Eric’s call asking when [...]

It’s Ada Lovelace Day. Here’s my post: Barbara Liskov is a pioneering computer scientist and winner of the ACM Turing Award for 2008. She’s currently head of the Programming Methodology Group in MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab. Back in the 70s, she designed a programming language called CLU, which established fundamental concepts about [...]

Character Options, the dudes who make Doctor Who action figures, announced that they will be releasing a special, limited edition version of the Sixth Doctor action figure in a blue coat. A blue coat! I cannot express how unbelievably awesome this is. I’ll try. Back in the 80s, when Colin Baker was tapped to be [...]