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News on You Call This The Future?

Alan Boyle and I talk You Call This The Future? along with science fiction, the singularity and a few other fun things over at MSNBC's Cosmic Log: Why The Future Goes Flooey.

Kilian Melloy reviews You Call This The Future? for EDGE Boston, calling it "well written" and "a fast, absorbing read that possesses a kinetic feel."

Suddenly Speeding

Does a lead foot count as a bionic implant?  I've run into two speeding tickets this past month, which is atypical for me.  In my entire life, I've only received one other speeding ticket and that was years ago.  I'm not sure why I've recently decided to embody a Sammy Hagar song, but I've got to take it easy, as three speeding tickets in an eighteen month period is a big no-no and can zap your driver's license.

So now I'm driving in a slow, stressed, overly paranoid fashion.  Which is maybe how we're ideally supposed to drive.  In the past, I've just tried to be alert to my surroundings and to stay with the flow of traffic, but now if someone's five or ten miles over the limit I won't keep pace with them.

Star Trek style transporters are sounding pretty good these days.  In the meantime, it looks like traffic school for me.   

Uncrashed

After the laptop crashed, the desktop became jealous of all the attention it was getting and crashed as well.  Fortunately, today both systems are up and running again, and now with automatic backups in place to make sure any future data loss is minimized.  There was a little trouble restoring email, but that's since been sorted. 

If you've written me and haven't heard back yet, apologies for that, and the crashes may be why.  Now that I have email restored I'm hopeful I can catch up on my online communications sometime over the next few days.  And as some email may have gotten lost among the crashes, please don't hesitate to write me again if you don't hear back from me soon.