Being the thoughts and writings of one Gustaf Erikson; father, amateur photographer, technologist.
More stuff can be found at gerikson.tumblr.com and Flickr.
I was going to write some sort of retrospective for the year but didn’t really have the energy. This sort of thing should be prepared throughout the year, otherwise the memory is influenced by the happenings in the near past.
Anyway, I found that looking at the images I have posted to Flickr brought back some memories, here is a view.
This year’s blog posts are here. And if you can stomach it, here are my tweets for the year…
Happy new year, everyone!
Gay ex-Vittne firar jul för första gången.
Short fun SF story.
Gay marriage doesn’t threaten marriage - provocative essay.
Our fascination with the idle life and the 1%.
4 possible outcomes in the future. Warning, contains references to communism, socialism.
Lovely recollection of building airplane kits in the 60s.
The previous careers of @cstross.
What if there was a cure for aging? Would you take that cure?
I think nearly every human alive older than 25 would leap at the chance. That’s what they do in this chilling book, a world where a cheap genetic cure for aging is discovered and widely released. It’s a book length illustration of “be careful what you wish for”. Highly recommended.
Photos from Japan’s Zona
Epic real estate scam in Las Vegas.
Interesting link, but typographically horrific.
En krönika om Scummanifestet i Kärrtorp
Why “Ender’s Game” is a morally depraved work of purest evil. Via @scstross.
Review of a book about Shi’ism.