fwoltermann

Commented on Competition Time!
Inappropriate use of Zann-type violin during birthday party....
Commented on Commercial interlude
Unfortunately, that research paper is full of holes. Such as the researchers not actually bothering to ask an expert on microalgae to identify the fragment they found, and using an atmospheric model that assumes a static atmosphere (i.e. one without...
Commented on Crib sheet: Accelerando
Very explicitly stated in the "Orientation for newly instantiated humans" FAQ: The center of the solar system – Mercury, Venus, Earth's Moon, Mars, the asteroid belt, and Jupiter – have been dismantled, or are being dismantled, by weakly godlike intelligences....

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)