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Splitting Genres, Splitting Atoms, Splitting Hairs. - Pigeon Chatter
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Splitting Genres, Splitting Atoms, Splitting Hairs. Dec 16th, 2010 at 11:04 PM. How do you tell the difference between Science Fiction and Fantasy? Well it's obvious, isn't it? It's in the names. Science Fiction's based on science, Fantasy's based on magic, right? Well, no. Not so much. First up, there ain't much science in a lot of sci-fi, and what there is, isn't generally convincing. Don't believe me? Watch Doctor Who. Do believe me? Watch Doctor Who. (Just watch Doctor Who, OK? Its a good show.).
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Alan Bennett In Conversation At The National Film Theatre - 7th March 2013 - Caroline Hooton
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Alan Bennett In Conversation At The National Film Theatre - 7th March 2013. Mar 7th, 2013 at 10:33 PM. As part of the British Film Institute's Heads Talking Season. There was a showing of A Woman Of No Importance, Bennett's 1982 monologue starring Patricia Routledge, which in part led to the commissioning of the successful Talking Heads series. Alan Bennett. Then appeared in conversation with Samira Ahmed. Which the audience were shone a clip from:. Although her idea of swearing was the word "penis").
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The Dragon Nextdoor - Pigeon Chatter
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Apr 18th, 2010 at 9:26 PM. At Eastercon there was a chat about what makes Urban Fantasy tick, and I thought I'd add my two cents:. What exactly is Urban Fantasy? It's a question that causes controversy. There's always going to be a scrap when you get a group of people together who are as voraciously intelligent as geeks, and have the hard-on for taxonomy that many geeks undoubtedly have, and ask them to agree on a definition. Does Urban Fantasy need to take place in a city? Does it have to be real? If yo...
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The Variable Tree: Personal Data Hacks: Visualizing Data from OpenFlights.org
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Everything about data: from mining and integration, to analysis and vizualization. Friday, 4 January 2013. Personal Data Hacks: Visualizing Data from OpenFlights.org. A friend recently told me about OpenFlights.org. The end result is the following collection of visualizations created in Gephi. With a little help from R. They show key transport hubs and routes for airports, countries, and continents that my friend has visited, and demonstrate some of the fun, insightful ways you can use such personal data.
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