Warren Ellis's Blog, page 337

Normal Human Time

Facing down what's supposed to be the first full day back at work. But I'm still on Normal Human Time from my holiday week, which means I'm waking before noon and sleeping before 2pm. Hence, I'm a bit dislocated, and I suspect the only serious work I'll get done before dinner will involve reading, dredging up and dealing with the last of the inbox, and a bit of online stuff.

Jim Rossignol, fine human being and author of the excellent THIS GAMING LIFE, has a guest post on BLDGBLOG today. It has th

FREAKANGELS 0066

It's Friday, it's just gone noon here in God's own country, it's FREAKANGELS 0066, free to air just like all the others.  We're closing in on the end of book three here…

A Photograph Of A Molecule

The detailed chemical structure of a single molecule has been imaged for the first time.

Station Ident: Back On The Air

Well, yes, and here we go again.

(via)

Night Rounds

Home from the wilds of England, and five days of doing things like standing in the middle of stone circles, drinking new and interesting whiskies, and peering very closely at Breughel the Younger paintings. Also, thinking a lot. And generally being Not Online, which is sometimes good for the processes.

I came home to a couple of wonderful surprises. Two packets of freshly-roasted organic coffee beans from the brilliant husband of brilliant novelist Cherie Priest, and an advance copy of a new comp

I Must Destroy These People

http://talklikewarrenellis.com/

DO ANYTHING: 013

The gibberish goes on and on and on:

Kirby/Druillet supercollision, TARDIS noises, etc

Garth Ennis' "When 2000AD Was The Future"

Garth's birthday wishes to the venerable British comics institution that made us what we are, at Bleeding Cool:

Thank you for two Tyrannosaurs fighting to the death on the rim of a volcano; Bofors gunners shooting it out with UFOs; Old One Eye's last and greatest kill; the only Bear on the CIA death list; "Quack-quack, Volg!"; the truly unstoppable Artie Gruber; Dan Dare at the battle of Jupiter; Conclusion: MACH One terminated. Now closing down transmission; the Space Fort's final battle with th

Low Frequency Signal

End-of-week stuff that needs collecting up.

Pachube. I haven't paid attention to this, yet, but I need to get around to it, because, as Adam Greenfield says, it's

pointing at something very interesting and valuable

Related: Tom of BERG on "Preparing Us For Augmented Reality."

Geoff Manaugh on The Bioluminescent Metropolis, or:

….you're watching a film one night down at the cinema when you realize that there is no light coming through from the projector room behind you - because you are actually loo

Station Ident: Low Power

There is much to do and to see in the next several days, so broadcasts will be few and far between. I probably won't be on Twitter that much either. I have an animation project, a screenplay, a treatment and a few books to puzzle out.

Have a good weekend.

(Cristina: this photo just cracks me up)