• Russia, Georgia conflict caused Facebook, Twitter outage
• Cloud ships
• Cloak & Dagger (1984) There was also a 1946 film of the same name staring Gary Cooper and directed by Fritz Lang. Charles Dickens originated the phrase "cloak and dagger".
• Charles Babbage
• Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns and La Fin Absolue Du Monde discussion
• Fascism
• Moon landing failure speech
• Academic Earth video lectures
• What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
• Tip Toe Through The Tulips
• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britian
• Clues To Amelia Earhart's Death
• A History of Philosophy, Volume 1

Thank you all for coming to my place on Saturday.

• Russia, Georgia conflict caused Facebook, Twitter outage
• Cloud ships
• Cloak & Dagger (1984) There was also a 1946 film of the same name staring Gary Cooper and directed by Fritz Lang. Charles Dickens originated the phrase "cloak and dagger".
• Charles Babbage
• Masters of Horror: Cigarette Burns and La Fin Absolue Du Monde discussion
• Fascism
• Moon landing failure speech
• Academic Earth video lectures
• What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
• Tip Toe Through The Tulips
• Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britian
• Clues To Amelia Earhart’s Death
• A History of Philosophy, Volume 1

Thank you all for coming to my place on Saturday.

One of the most valid arguments open source proponents make against traditional, closed software is the problem of future-proofing. What happens if the company goes out of business, or if they cease development of the software? What if there was some way the software vendor and client could agree on some sort of third party source code escrow? Creative Commons contingency? (Probably this is not a new idea, but I haven't found any effective search terms.)

At SIGGRAPH this year, a team from the University of Tokyo demoed holograms with a tactile presence. The 3-D objects are projected using low-energy ultrasound transducers. Looks like the isn't isn't very high resolution yet, but it promises countless engineering and entertainment applications.

There's slightly more info and another video at FastCompany.

• 23 yaer pregnancy
• Synchronized blinking
• Michigan eLibrary databases
• Invisible college
• Nero Wolfe
• Bitters
• Cronenberg's Spiders
• My Fair Lady
• How to waltz

Thanks to Magdalena for hosting.