scifi – Stilgherrian

13 September 2026

Weekly Wrap 850: I am a space computer, no really

A street corner in suburban Sydney. We’re looking diagonally across the intersection to an inter-war commercial building, probably 1930s by my guess, which has been converted into a pub. The ground level is painted cream with a lower section of dark green tiles. Above are two floors of cream-painted walls, topped with the legend “Station House”. The awning also reads “Station House Hotel”, and is hung with red Chinese lanterns. Either side of the image are London plane tree, bare of leaves because it’s only the very start of spring. A blue and white bus is pulling up from the left.

My week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 September 2026 relatively ordinary. I didn’t get a lot done, but it wasn’t a disaster either. I ate fish. But most importantly, a fun little film was released, one which I’d played a small part in. The photo of the pub is totally unrelated.

12 December 202021 October 2023

The 9pm Artificial Intelligence Doom Elevator with Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell AO

Genevieve Bell, director of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance (3A) Institute and Intel Senior Fellow, speaks at Intel’s Devcon in 2018. (Walden Kirsch/Intel)

Today‘s guest in the End of Spring Series 2020 is Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, a cultural anthropologist who’s trying to create a whole new field of engineering. She’s a geek.

16 June 2008

Links for 04 June 2008 through 11 June 2008

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