Links from Thursday, June 11, 2009 to Monday, June 29, 2009

by Adam Kuban

  • List of apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction [Wikipedia]
    I recently read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, and it rekindled my interest in post-apocalyptic fiction. I wish I would have had this list with me at the beach last week.
  • Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction [Wikipedia]
    "Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized)."
  • ‘The End of Fail’ [Anil Dash]
    "So, fail is dead. I won't accept it in dialogue from those I communicate with, I won't permit those I'm connected to on social networks to use it around me, and no, you're not the first to think you're clever enough to use it as a comment here. If you have the urge to say it and you're a good person, then go do something creative instead. If you have the urge to say 'Fail' and you haven't done anything? Well, then your statement speaks for itself."
  • J&G Cyclewear waterproof rain jacket
    Made by folks in Oregon, so these things probably work well. Would need a large, according to their sizing chart.