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PeteZ

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I write iPhone and iPad software, play jazz and worship bass, and am learning to write novels. I like reading fantasy, sci-fi, and detective stories.

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Tom Gauld on the problem of the 'bad workman [sic] blaming their tools'.... too often we blame for our own failings... from to ....


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I’d heard PEBCAK before but not PICNIC. I kind of like PICNIC.

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Problem exists between chair and keyboard.

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Peter Benchley's bestselling novel, "Jaws," came out 50 years ago; the Steven Spielberg movie followed just a year later. Both were phenomenally successful and spawned the idea that sharks were malevolent creatures that preyed on unsuspecting swimmers. According to Gavin Naylor, Director of Florida Program for Shark Research at the University of Florida, the book and film also inspired a generation of scientists. Here's his story for @TheConversationUS.

https://flip.it/LM.GUa

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The original “Bishop’s Wife” movie is charming and funny. The book was a slog that I DNF.

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On a Red Station, Drifting by Aliette de Bodard.

This was a foray into what it means to be family and how our mistakes can bring us closer to being good people. I enjoyed it.

The existence of ancestor worship (this is not the first time I've seen in it API books) in the far flung future of this universe made me wonder if there's a similar carrying forward of Christianity in Western SciFi that I'm not seeing due to my cultural blind-spots.

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It’s common to refer to European originated culture “western”. Which, I think, qualifies.

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As opposed to Asian, Middle Eastern, Russian or a number of other literary traditions.

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