links for 2007-05-29
Posted on May 30, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Ex Machina, by Margaret Ronald
Judith floundered through the snow, her legs burning with cold. “Guide us, One. One who sows, One who cares for,” she muttered, taking no comfort in the old prayer. “One who reaps, One who plucks. . . .” Ahead of her, the track dimmed to a bare shadow [...]
links for 2007-05-21
Posted on May 22, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Brownman, by Carol Scavella Burrell
Back in the islands where there were thousands of women like her, picking fruits and mixing plants, she sold spicy cold mawby drink from a barrel balanced on her head. But here, where she was one by herself, all that magic must have stuck to her like ants
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links for 2007-05-15
Posted on May 16, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Brownman, by C. Scavella Burrell
Uncle Livingston said, Don’t look behind you when we pass the graveyard. I couldn’t help myself. I peeked over my shoulder. You got to look through your legs, he said, if you want to see the ghosts. I stood up and bent in half to look between my [...]
links for 2007-05-10
Posted on May 11, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Spider Robinson: Melancholy Elephants
She sat zazen, concentrating on not concentrating, until it was time to prepare for the appointment. Sitting seemed to produce the usual serenity, put everything in perspective. Her hand did not tremble as she applied her make-up; tranquil features looked
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Google counting real-world ad impressions.
Posted on May 10, 2007 - Filed Under advertising, gaze tracking, google | Leave a Comment
Reportedly your favorite big brother, Google, is looking at the feasibility of using IR-emitting cameras to count how often people look at physical advertising spaces. Then the advertiser can only pay for their actual impressions. We’ve done some close up work on eye and gaze tracking with infrared in our laboratory but it sounds like [...]
Read More..>>links for 2007-05-07
Posted on May 8, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: The Hide, by Liz Williams, illustration by Liz Clarke
The birds were white as they flew over the marsh, across the reedbeds and the frosted meres, but as they drew level with the hide their shade changed, from white to black. I saw their crimson eyes, sparks in the cloudy dark, as they [...]
links for 2007-04-30
Posted on May 1, 2007 - Filed Under links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Ferryman’s Reprieve, by Kate Bachus
Everyone has a story; everyone’s got their whys and howcomes. By the time they get to where I am, they give up on the “didn’t do it,” though. Now and again a ferry will try to bribe me or deal me, and the best stories will come from [...]