Brendan Peveril . net

• SF magazines’ circulation numbers in sad decline - Boing Boing

  I’m not the only person who worries that people are not concerned enough about the future any more.

  (tags: future fiction scifi publishing marketing)

• The Sunday Hangover with Warren Ellis

  “Start making things. Tilt into the future. Or get the eternal past you deserve.” Sometimes I get really excited about the things Ellis says. This is one of those times. Of course, by linking this, I’m doing exactly what he says not to do.

  (tags: diy culture future)

• Koldproduk+-+Hush

  british hip hop

  (tags: music video)

I got new glasses. The old ones were not cutting the mustard any more. They were also shit-uncomfortable cheap frames I’d been wearing for five years. Now, featherlight Raybans and an actual pair of sunglasses instead of the transition shit.

Joey The Comeau has started this, blame him. Here’s what he said:

There are too many internet memes about figuring out which key you are on the keyboard, and there are maybe not enough memes for telling your friends about exciting beautiful things that made your day better. You should do that, today!

So, now I’m doing it. This is what made my day a little bit better:

Now, I’m not saying that you all have to go do this too, but, you know, it’s a meme. Also, I realize how uncharacteristically non-suicidal this post is. Don’t get used to that.

• Automaton Harpist by Vichy

  Haunts me

  (tags: robot video omg)

• Retrospectacle: A Neuroscience Blog

  A Neurosci blog? How often do you see that? Also, an entertaining blog? How often do you see that?

  (tags: science brain blog neuroscience)

• Top 50 Dystopian Movies of All Time

  I spend a lot of time thinking about scifi. That’s what I do.

  (tags: future futurism media movies scifi dystopia culture)

• Petra+Jean+Phillipson

  (tags: music)

• Cat+Power+-+Living+Proof

  Everybody loves Cat Power

  (tags: music)

• Entrepreneur Aims to Overthrow TV, Not Get Rich

  The right idea. Seriously, though, we’ve seen this kind of talk from companies, and it’s come to fuck all, so we’ll see how it goes. Also, I used to subscribe to Wired but I didn’t bother to renew when I found that I’d already heard about everything they

  (tags: culture future business marketing television technology)

• Simulated Comic Product » Boxen

  It’s a layout tool for people who make comics.

  (tags: comics)

• Journey to Mt Moriah :: New Comics Every Sunday

  (tags: webcomic comics)

• LibriVox

  Free audio books. This is how I will survive the long drive.

  (tags: books free)