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Well, possibly not. But check it out regardless, I’m sure it’ll enlighten you as to this new “internet” everyone’s talking about.

Infocom, the creators of some of the best text adventures ever made, had a sequel in the works for their Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game, called Milliways, that has only now surfaced. Andy Baio, who runs Waxy.org, got a hold of the companys old network drive and found not only unreleased games but emails and other private documents detailing the soap opera behind the development of the HHGTTG sequel. If you loved Infocom games when you were a kid, as I did, this is a must read. And you can play Milliways!

I wrote an article for Mac|Life about the lengths we have to go to north of the border to get and use iPhones. I think Mac|Life deserves extra points for using a flappy headed South Park Canadian as the symbol of our displeasure.

Yes, an Apple IIgs in laptop form. I think I’m in love.

In this gripping episode of Radio Free Skaro, the Three Who Rule discuss The Fires of Pompeii, the latest adventure for the Doctor and his erstwhile assistant Donna Noble….and not much else, really. It was a rather slow week for news, though much jocular speculation on the contents of the rest of the season did manage to fill some of the dead, dead air. Next week, fear the Ood!

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Bruce “smart as hell, still relevant despite cyberpunk roots” Sterling gave a talk recently at the (here comes a mouthful) Innovationsforum Interaktionsdesign conference in Germany. His speech covered mobile phone tech, why sci-fi writers are obsessed with talking computers and a host of other topics. Check out his speech below.

Bruce Sterling from Innovationsforum on Vimeo.

According to a couple of financial analysts, Windows is collapsing under its own weight and may no longer be a viable platform. As a Mac guy, I regard this as fine news, though analysts say a lot of things that don’t actually pan out.

Oh, there are some bad ‘uns here. I’m glad they took 10,000 B.C. out for a solid spanking, as it’s an affront to anyone with the slightest interest in world history.

Ah, with web celebrity must come web contempt. A fine bunch of reprobates, these are, though I’ve never understood the Rachel Ray hate.

Not that I ever trusted Billy anyway, especially amongst the womenfolk, but it’s interesting to see how the conquering hero of the Democrats has sunk a few pegs due to the (shock! horror!) tendency of the Clintons to play dirty in order to get re-elected.