the flying squirrel

Ellen and I had been planning the trip to Worldcon in Montreal for two years, and I wasn’t going to let a little thing like a short bout of unemployment stop us. Fortunately, I got the offer for a job at Open Text the Thursday before we left for Montreal. Which was a [...]

At WorldCon 2009 in Montreal. Paul Krugman and Charlie Stross were debating technology and the future from a more economic perspective.

Here, I’m paraphrasing from memory. They were videotaping, but I’m not expecting the conversation to show up on YouTube anytime soon (although it should).

Krugman: Look at the kitchen. In thirty [...]