Neal Stephenson on Innovation Starvation

Many of you are probably fans of the prolific Neal Stephenson.  He basically helped to start the whole “cyberpunk” movement with his novel Snow Crash, and has been pumping out giant novels at an alarming rate ever since.  Stephenson recently wrote an essay bemoaning the dismantling of the space program, and more generally the lack […]



A Magazine Is an iPad that Doesn’t Work [Video]

It’s like giving a kid an abacus and telling her it’s really a calculator. Technology codes our minds, changes our OS. Apple products have done this extensively. The video shows how magazines are now useless and impossible to understand, for digital natives. It shows real life clip of a 1-year old, growing among touch screens […]

Featured Short: Voltron: The End [Video]

Alex Albrecht, who will soon find himself with a bit more free time when Diggnation ends Dec 30, directed this four-minute fanfilm, Voltron: The End. It’s pretty impressive for a short, so here’s hoping the folks working on the official Voltron film follow suit and don’t muck the whole thing up. When a man regains […]

Hardware Store Turns Into Zombie Preparedness Center

One mid-west hardware store is taking the initiative  in getting you prepared for the coming zombie apocalypse. They have all your basics on hand for zombie-proofing your home and outfitting yourself for those late night zombie hunts: generators, nail guns, and sledgehammers. But they’ve also cornered in on another market, delaying your decaying zombie body. […]