I’ve been a big fan of the idea behind Orion’s Arm for some time now. I’ve mentioned it here and there but never really blogged about it.
From the website, Orion’s Arm is:
Orion’s Arm is a bold new shared worldbuilding and creative writing project, creating and exploring a new vision of the future of humanity […]

Here’s some good news! California’s legislature passed a gay-marriage bill in both houses, the first legislature in the U.S. to voluntarily do so without court order. I’m keeping my fingers crossed the gubernator will sign it.
Even if their victory is short-lived, I’m so VERY happy for the Californian GLBT population. Congratulations!!!!
CNN.com - Same-sex marriage bill […]

Read an article today on computer interfaces and the dearth of innovation of late in that field. I’d link to it but I forgot where I saw the story.
Anyway, it made me realize I hadn’t thought much about, nor blogged, regarding CHI (Computer-Human Interaction, sometimes abbreviated HCI), or software interface design. I don’t think […]

Thank god! The mainstream media finally gets a goddamn backbone and doesn’t get steamrolled by the government. Anderson Cooper of CNN fires off some hard questions and doesn’t take the usual BS from a Louisiana Senator.
I especially love his rebuttal to her statement that “there is a time to ask questions about how and where […]

Massachussetts Governor Romney wants to force through a voter initiative to ban the now legal gay marriages in his state.
Because, you know, of course, that right now with the devastation in Katrina going on, it’s the perfect time to encourage divisiveness and hatred in this country rather than encourage unity.
YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE.
Romney wants Mass. voters […]

Sites too numerous to count on the web list phone numbers and addresses of places where you can make donations, online and offline. 25,000 refugees are expected in the Dallas area now in addition to 25,000 in San Antonio and 25,000 in Houston. I contacted the Dallas area emergency management office and they gave me […]

The slowness of the response to the horrible disaster unfolding in New Orleans is dispicable. I’m sorry to have to drag politics back into this like so many others are reluctantly doing. But the coordination of this relief effort is appalling. No one can truly be prepared for such a situation, but FEMA is mandated […]