An MMO with primarily social rules and gameplay, aimed mainly at people who aren’t video gamers but Jane Austen fans. Why not?
I particularly like the part where people who break the social conventions are sent to “Botany Bay”.
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Serafina Kopp
I’m going to use this (ETA: in a story).
(FB app keeps crashing when I try to read it, and for some reason The Atlantic doesn’t have a G+ account, so I’m sharing it here partly so I can finish reading it.)
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/08/wi-fi-surveillance/497132/
Originally shared by Make:
Prototyping tools for farmers in Myanmar gets a lot easier when you have a 3D printed part in hand. http://ow.ly/tZjG304fuq0
A thoughtful critique of the Shriver argument, IMO. Albeit with occasional frustrated swearing.
Originally shared by Self-Rescuing Princess Society
“We want to change the misconception that boys don’t want to play with female action figures or that girls only want dolls.”
A couple of weeks ago, a friend shared a story with me about a pair of sisters who decided to make a line of female warrior action figures. Their goal, they said, was to create a set of figures that exploded the myth long held by manufacturers that boys and girls want different types of toys. After extensive interviews with kids about what they want, and parents who were fed up with the limited selection of toys, they decided to create their own line: Velara Warriors
Of course, I was immediately intrigued and sent off a note to these amazing young women to learn more about their project and its inspiration. Roobini and Trisshala Sittampalam were kind enough to answer a few of my questions, and chat with me about the importance of representation in the toy aisle.
Read the interview here: http://selfrescuingprincesssociety.blogspot.com/2016/09/kickstart-this-velara-warriors.html
Via Karen Conlin.
Originally shared by Writer’s Relief
Have you used #epizeuxis in your #writing? You may have without realizing it. Here’s a neat article to check out.
A very thorough book, clearly laid out, on a topic that I already understood reasonably well, but I still learned a lot by going through it.
Who else has read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Ethan of Athos?
Originally shared by Larry Panozzo
We know it’s going to happen. Now it’s just a question of when and how accessible it will be.
Something I’d never thought about tho: Or one man could have his own child using his own cells and sperm – with that child being more like a non-identical twin than a clone. 😮 What do you guys think about that?
Most surprising part of this for me: you can get monkeys to transcribe written words. Monkeys.
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