Gary Gygax died. Story. I will probably blog on this more. If I can stop my uncontrollable weeping.
Courtesy of Wired: A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments. I’ve written about humans getting pretty attached to their robots before, so I have to say this doesn’t much [...]
So pretty soon I hope to write a post about my experience reading the Sir Richard Burton version of A Thousand Nights and a Night. The brief version is that I had a lot of mixed feelings about it, but, when all is said and done, it is a remarkable text. Therefore, I’ve gone ahead [...]