C.J. Moseley's Blog, page 116
June 4, 2015
mostlysignssomeportents:
How metadata…
How metadata compromises you
“It’s only metadata,” is the catch-all excuse for mass surveillance – after all, if spies aren’t capturing what your message says
why should you care if they’re getting who sent it, what its subject
line is, where you and the sender are, and everything you do before and
after receiving the message?
Privacy International’s “Metadata” demolishes the rationalizations for mass surveillance in four short minutes. It’s a beautiful exploration of a vital subject.
Important…
The post mostlysignssomeportents:
How metadata… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
June 3, 2015
skittles8059:
obviouslyphelps:
Courtesy of Sincerely Tumblr on…
Courtesy of Sincerely Tumblr on Twitter
This is the greatest post I have ever laid eyes upon.
Every problem I have with the Marauder’s map solved!
The post skittles8059:
obviouslyphelps:
Courtesy of Sincerely Tumblr on… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
June 2, 2015
swampthingy:
Robot Monster (1953)
Love the “fact” the robot…
Robot Monster (1953)
Love the “fact” the robot monster looks like a gorilla because the stuntman that they hired had his own gorilla costume…
The post swampthingy:
Robot Monster (1953)
Love the “fact” the robot… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
June 1, 2015
Ironmaster and Other Updates
Well, last week was half-term, and so as is traditional I got flu or something, but with the kids back in school today and my health recovered I have chance to look at where I’m up to with my current projects.
Ironmaster & Other Tales
Almost finished, just the final few light editorial touches on the text and then the seperation into Lulu print and ebook editions… I’m pondering whether to go…
The post Ironmaster and Other Updates appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
Ironmaster and Other Updates
Well, last week was half-term, and so as is traditional I got flu or something, but with the kids back in school today and my health recovered I have chance to look at where I'm up to with my current projects.
Ironmaster & Other Tales
Almost finished, just the final few light editorial touches on the text and then the seperation into Lulu print and ebook editions... I'm pondering whether to go the kdp route for kindle or let Lulu handle it, although I'm pretty certain I don't want to split the ebook up this time, that way the free sample will be a significant few stories to give people the idea, which I hope will persuade them to buy. I think in the future I may play with an episodically released novel, but the chapters would have to be carefully constructed and balanced in advance, not done as an after thought. Once I have finished and am ready to go then I need to make a load of promotional material, including video book trailers and cool additional images to become adverts and wallpapers, etc.
With Strange Aeons series
This series came from an idea I had that Dan Brown's greatest successes were based on secret cults and religions, a mainstay of Lovecraftian Horror. So I thought I'd try and write a Dan Brown style thriller set in the Cthulhu Mythos. The first book in the series will be very light on the Horrific aspects of that universe, but as the series goes on I hope to unveil the full horror of the Stars becoming right. I'm also hoping to write a book that my mother-in-law (who reads a lot of thrillers and the like) can really enjoy (although I think she might enjoy Ironmaster too, most readers seem to) .
Right now I have about five and a half chapters of a convoluted pot-boiler based on an supposedly Atlantean Theosophical cult, that will need a lot of 2nd draft work when it's done, but this stuff practically writes itself.
The Adaption Files project
Still world-building this in our monthly T13 game and then I can move to actual planning and plotting before worrying commences.
Things that the world-building has taught me so far about the universe :
The Night-folk definitely could have more than one novel dedicated to them (although more likely, a series of short stories and Novellas be great)
The Technos aren't as paranoid as I thought, but they aren't as human as I had thought either
The Adaption Files name (which I originally came up with when I was about fifteen) stinks (along with a few other concepts that probably worked great and were fresh in the late 80s, but are tediously overdone in modern Sci-fi). So I'm definitely going to change that before I put pen to paper.
Next session will be looking at the Mystics, and here I'm really pushing to try and create something completely new. I don't just want a society of wizards, or a telepathic community of new-age hippies, and I certainly don't want to go near Harry Potter or the X-men... Hopefully, the players will lead us between these things into a whole new world of psychic potential.
Right, better get on with it :)
Posted from my Phone so...
The post Ironmaster and Other Updates appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
propagandery:
Does Earth need a
flag? Perhaps not, at least…
Does Earth need a
flag? Perhaps not, at least not until we have another planet on which to
plant it (or another civilization with which to exchange diplomatic
stationary). But that doesn’t mean actually designing one is a pointless
process – as proven by the results of a new project to do exactly
that.
Oskar Pernefeldt of the Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, designed a new flag for the world as part of his graduation project and it’s already causing a stir online.
That design looks like a simplified Japanese family crest… Doesn’t say Earth to me at all…
The post propagandery:
Does Earth need a
flag? Perhaps not, at least… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
May 31, 2015
jurassicdaily:
Velociraptors in every movie: Jurassic Park The…
jurassicdaily:
Velociraptors in every movie: Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park Jurassic Park 3 Jurassic World
Is it me or do they get less real looking with each film?
The post jurassicdaily:
Velociraptors in every movie: Jurassic Park The… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
May 30, 2015
agendernickcarraway:
theremina:
“Rarely do we see such honesty…
“Rarely do we see such honesty from modern booze companies…(this was a real brand btw, from early 1900s).” ~@DrunkenHistory
Probably still better than Bells…
The post agendernickcarraway:
theremina:
“Rarely do we see such honesty… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
May 29, 2015
sciencefictiongallery:
Barclay Shaw – Web Of The City,…
sciencefictiongallery:
Barclay Shaw - Web Of The City, 1983.
This is what would happen to Manhattan if bio webbing Spider-man had the flu.
The post sciencefictiongallery:
Barclay Shaw – Web Of The City,… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
May 28, 2015
The Internet was invented for sharing pictures of cats, but 8…
The Internet was invented for sharing pictures of cats, but 8 didn’t see that coming…
The post The Internet was invented for sharing pictures of cats, but 8… appeared first on CJMoseley.com.
