From a summer job I took, in Building Trades and Arts.
Learn to make cement by hand. Haul cinder blocks around. Learn the Pythagorean Theorem. Learn about geology. Haul rocks around. Learn never to call them just “rocks” in anyone’s hearing. Become less impressed with the Pyramids -- with enough manpower, you can build anything. Learn what “ashlar” means. Learn about how to polish walls. Wash powdered rock out of your hair for several days…
"If we cease to rule others, we are in danger of being ruled ourselves." - Alcibiades
Between the years 431 and 404 BC, the ancient Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta fought against each other in a series of conflicts we know as the Peloponnesian War. This is a modern term that fails to convey the scope of the war, since far from being constrained to the Peloponnese or even Greece, the two sides and their allies would fight…
BONEWORKS is a virtual reality, first person shooter, puzzle, physics sandbox, tech demo, computer game. The game was released for PC VR in 2019 by Stress Level Zero. There's a lot going on here so buckle up.
spoilers follow
In BONEWORKS you play as Arthur Ford, the chief security officer for Monogon, a corporation that developed ultra-immersion VR head-sets in an alternate…
People wandered in and out of realities, so that the worn patrons of an old man's bar stood out on the sidewalk smoking as a brightly-coloured Justice League walked by, one or the other group Obvious Photoshop.
--"Live Nude Aliens."
I asked my wife, whose ancestry is primarily Irish, why she would rise with the sun to watch the coronation. I knew the answer-- I mean, apart from idle curiosity and a love of spectacle. She's a…