William Gibson interviewed by Moira Gunn

Grok Headline matches for William Gibson interviewed by Moira Gunn

William Gibson

William Gibson 12/26/2004 06:48 PM
William Gibson Cyber Claus

williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/2004_12_01_archive.asp#11039159083 7685350
track this site | 3 links

William Gibson interview

William Gibson interview 02/18/2004 10:53 AM
Here's a great interview with William Gibson, who is on the road promoting the paperback of his brilliant novel of apophenia run wild, Pattern Recognition (see my review, too).

"When you write a science-fiction novel set in some sort of recognizable future, as soon as you finish it you have the dubious pleasure of watching it acquire a patina of quaint technological obsolescence. For instance, there are no cell phones in Neuromancer. I couldn't have foreseen them. It would have seemed corny, like Dick Tracy wrist radios."

And he never set out to predict how we might be living a few decades hence. "I always assumed that social-science fiction - anything set on Earth in a not-too-distant future - is just a mutant version of the present. But the easiest hook to hang on me was that I was a futurist. I had always maintained that I was squinting at the present in a certain way."

Link (via Futurismic)

William Gibson on John Shirley

William Gibson on John Shirley 03/20/2003 06:37 PM
Here's William Gibson's introduction to John Shirley's proto-cyberpunk novel, City Come a Walkin'.

Shirley made the plastic-covered Sears sofa that was the main body of seventies sf recede wonderfully. Discovering his fiction was like hearing Patti Smith's Horses for the first time: the archetypal form passionately re-inhabited by a debauched yet strangely virginal practitioner, one whose very ability to do this at all was constantly thrown into question by the demands of what was in effect a shamanistic act. There is a similar ragged-ass derring-do, the sense of the artist burning to speak in tongues. They invoke their particular (and often overlapping, and indeed she was one of his) gods and plunge out of downscale teenage bedrooms, brandishing shards of imagery as peculiarly-shaped as prison shivs.

Link Discuss

William Gibson short: Cyber-Claus

William Gibson short: Cyber-Claus 12/26/2004 11:21 PM
Xeni Jardin: On William Gibson's blog, a holiday-themed short which was originally published as "Cyber-Claus", in The Washington Post Book World in 1991. Snip:

In the night of 12/24/07, though sensors woven through the very fabric of the house had thus far registered a complete absence of sentient bio-activity, I found myself abruptly summoned from a rare, genuine and expensively induced examples of that most priceless of states, sleep.

Even as I hurriedly dressed, I knew that dozens of telepresent armed-response drones would already be sweeping in from the District, skimming mere inches above the chill surface of the Potomac. Vicious tri-lobed aeroforms that they were, they resembled nothing more than the Martian war machines of George Pal’s 1953 epic, “The War of the Worlds”.

And while, from somewhere far above, now, came that sound, that persistent clatter, as though gunships disgorged whole platoons of iron-shod mercenaries, I could only wonder: who? Was it my estranged wife, Lady Betty-Jayne Motel-6 Hyatt, Chief Eco-Trustee of the Free Duchy of Wyoming? Or was it Cleatus “Mainframe” Sinyard himself, President of the United States and Perpetual Chairman of the Concerned Smart People’s Northern Hemisphere CoProsperity Sphere?

Link

William Gibson on his Tech Life and
Latest Novel

William Gibson on his Tech Life and
Latest Novel 02/19/2004 07:40 PM

Thom Gunn

Thom Gunn 04/28/2004 02:29 PM
One of the finest poets in English, Thom Gunn, has died. Along with Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes, Gunn became famous as a young poet in England in the 1950s as part of "The Movement," writing f ine poems in rhyme and meter. But then he fell in love with an American soldier, Mike Kitay, and followed him to San Francisco, where he crafted one of the most daringly original voices in the 20th century, handling taboo subjects like LSD, orgiastic sex, and his 50-year relationship with Kitay with the precision of a diamond cutter. Gunn lived in my neighborhood, and was a dapper, subtle, sexy and hilariously witty man until the end. Ten years ago, when I asked him what music he was listening to he replied, "Oh, Nirvana and Social Distortion. I'm a flighty teenager that way."

And now, a word from Mel Gibson

And now, a word from Mel Gibson 03/31/2005 07:23 PM
Fox News digs deep for expert commentary on the Schiavo case

Gibson: Cyber-Claus

Gibson: Cyber-Claus 12/26/2004 04:44 PM
Xeni Jardin: On William Gibson's blog, a holiday-themed short which was originally published as "Cyber-Claus", in The Washington Post Book World in 1991. Snip:

In the night of 12/24/07, though sensors woven through the very fabric of the house had thus far registered a complete absence of sentient bio-activity, I found myself abruptly summoned from a rare, genuine and expensively induced examples of that most priceless of states, sleep.

Even as I hurriedly dressed, I knew that dozens of telepresent armed-response drones would already be sweeping in from the District, skimming mere inches above the chill surface of the Potomac. Vicious tri-lobed aeroforms that they were, they resembled nothing more than the Martian war machines of George Pal’s 1953 epic, “The War of the Worlds”.

And while, from somewhere far above, now, came that sound, that persistent clatter, as though gunships disgorged whole platoons of iron-shod mercenaries, I could only wonder: who? Was it my estranged wife, Lady Betty-Jayne Motel-6 Hyatt, Chief Eco-Trustee of the Free Duchy of Wyoming? Or was it Cleatus “Mainframe” Sinyard himself, President of the United States and Perpetual Chairman of the Concerned Smart People’s Northern Hemisphere CoProsperity Sphere?

Link

Mel Gibson and the Passion movie
again...

Mel Gibson and the Passion movie
again... 03/08/2004 11:03 PM

A man goes to see Mel Gibson's new movie, The Passion, and is inspired to take his family to Israel to see the places where Jesus lived and died.  While on vacation his mother-in-law dies.

An undertaker in Tel Aviv explains that they can ship the body home to Wisconsin at a cost of $10,000 or the mother-in-law could be buried in Israel for US$500.

The man says, "We'll ship her home."

The undertaker asks, "Are you sure? That's an awfully big expense and we can do a very nice burial here."

The man says, "Look, 2000 years ago they buried a guy here and three days later he rose from the dead. I just can't take that chance."

Mel Gibson Muzzles Unfriendly Clerics

Mel Gibson Muzzles Unfriendly Clerics 01/23/2004 02:21 PM
A friend clipped, scanned and e-mailed me this item from a recent edition of the Orlando Sentinel (the article seems to have disappeared behind the paper's paid firewall). The short piece mentions actor Mel Gibson's visit to a religious convention in Florida, where he was promoting his upcoming movie about Christ's death. (I haven't seen it, but some critics have called the picture anti-Semitic, a charge Gibson has denied.) As the clipping notes, a screening for some of pastors was arranged, with one proviso. They had to sign a document in which they agreed to say only nice things about the movie if they talked about it. Gibson is free to pull such tricks, but no pastor with any integrity should have gone along with this.

'Violent' review for Gibson film

'Violent' review for Gibson film 02/11/2004 01:43 PM
A film critic calls Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ "brutal", saying it dwells almost entirely on pain.

comments on the Mel Gibson/Haiti posting

comments on the Mel Gibson/Haiti posting 03/08/2004 11:03 PM

Hmm... this Manila software that Harvard runs seems to have mislinked all the comments posted.  I'm cutting and pasting some manually and please feel free to use the comments button underneath this posting to comment on the original (below).

From Zoran Lazarevic:

Two hundred years in a history of a nation is a short time to change human behavior without force. For one example, think that slavery was abolished in the U.S. in 1865, but the first black generation that grew in freedom and equality was born in 1970s.

Compare today Serbs living a couple of miles away: across the river Danube which marked the border between the Austro-Hungarian empire (north) and the Ottoman empire (south). In the north, they live in neatly painted houses lined along geometrically straight roads, behind tall walls keeping the privacy of their property. Villages just south of Danube are hectically built around worn-out curvy roads, having short transparent fences displaying property in slight disarray. The north prides itself with culinary craft and the taste for fine arts from Austria and Hungary. The south takes pride in warriorship and macho attitude, and jokes about its own widespread bribery.

Serbia proper was liberated from the (Turkish) Ottoman Empire in the early 1800s, and united with the north in 1918.  There is absolutely no question, that if separated, the two regions would have very different economies. Just like there are vast differences between other ex-Yugoslavia states. And that is all after a century of common life, mostly under communism which tried to kill out (pun intended) all differences in religion and nationality.

From Fazal Majid:

You could blame Lazare Carnot (d. 1823) for fathering Sadi Carnot (d. 1832), the inventor of thermodynamics, and thus leading to global warming...

MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could
be going to hell

MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could
be going to hell 02/12/2004 06:26 AM
MSNBC - Mel Gibson says his wife could be going to hell .. Read article .. Hell

msnbc.msn.com/id/4224452
track this site | 6 links

Gibson Defends 'The Passion of the
Chris' (AP)

Gibson Defends 'The Passion of the
Chris' (AP) 02/14/2004 07:52 PM
AP - Mel Gibson said the graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion in his upcoming film "The Passion of the Christ" was meant to make viewers realize the extent of Christ's sacrifice.

Report: Gibson Expands 'Passion' Screens
(AP)

Report: Gibson Expands 'Passion' Screens
(AP) 02/19/2004 07:39 PM
AP - Mel Gibson is adding 800 theaters to the debut of his controversial Crucifixion drama, "The Passion of the Christ," next Wednesday.

Gibson Defends 'The Passion of the
Christ' (AP)

Gibson Defends 'The Passion of the
Christ' (AP) 02/14/2004 09:09 PM
AP - Mel Gibson said the graphic depiction of Christ's crucifixion in his upcoming film "The Passion of the Christ" was meant to make viewers realize the extent of Christ's sacrifice.

Gibson tops celebrity power list

Gibson tops celebrity power list 06/18/2004 04:52 AM
Actor and director Mel Gibson is named the most powerful celebrity in the world by US business magazine Forbes.

ABCNEWS.com : Gibson: 'Passion' About
'Faith, Hope, Love'

ABCNEWS.com : Gibson: 'Passion' About
'Faith, Hope, Love' 02/16/2004 11:54 PM
ABCNEWS.com : How Despairing Gibson Found 'The Passion' .. preview of Mel Gibson's interview .. in this article

abcnews.go.com/sections/Primetime/Entertainment/mel_gibson_p assion_040216-1.html
track this site | 4 links

Shifting Gears: Gibson to Head Tech, Ops
at NYLIM

Shifting Gears: Gibson to Head Tech, Ops
at NYLIM 04/03/2005 01:12 AM
Wall Street and Technology Apr 3 2005 4:51AM GMT

Gibson Guitars Prepares Digital Network
Platform

Gibson Guitars Prepares Digital Network
Platform 01/08/2004 07:20 PM

Net Pirates Show Passion for Mel Gibson
Film (Reuters)

Net Pirates Show Passion for Mel Gibson
Film (Reuters) 05/12/2004 12:45 PM
Reuters - Mel Gibson's box office smash "The Passion of the Christ" broke the ignominious record as the most-pirated movie on Internet file-sharing networks in April, an online piracy tracking firm said Wednesday.

Friars Petition Mel Gibson to Make St
Francis Film (Reuters)

Friars Petition Mel Gibson to Make St
Francis Film (Reuters) 04/21/2004 10:02 AM
Reuters - Franciscan friars in New York loved Mel Gibson's hit movie "The Passion of The Christ," so much they are petitioning him to follow-up with a film biography of the order's founder, Saint Francis of Assisi.

Mel Gibson, the Jews, Haiti, and blaming
it all on people who died 175 years ago

Mel Gibson, the Jews, Haiti, and blaming
it all on people who died 175 years ago 03/08/2004 11:03 PM

People are blaming all of the Jew-hatred in Mel Gibson's new movie on the visions of a German nun, Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich (1774-1824).  According to this article from Newsday:

The bedridden visionary, who is said to have borne the stigmata and the wounds of the crown of thorns, is a particular source of contention for Gibson because of her depictions of Jews as bloodthirsty and venal. In The Dolorous Passion, for instance, she "sees" Jewish priests passing out bribes to get people to offer false testimony against Jesus and even tipping the Roman executioners. She also describes seeing Jesus' cross being built in the courtyard of the Temple in Jerusalem.

And Emmerich's 19th-century biographer, the Rev. C.E. Schmoe'ger, wrote about how she had one vision of an "old Jewess Meyr," who confessed to her "that Jews in our country and elsewhere strangled Christian children and used their blood for all sorts of suspicious and diabolical practices."

Gibson, who carries a relic of Emmerich in the form of a faded piece of cloth from her habit, vehemently rejects characterizations of the nun as anti-Semitic.

In other news... I was listening to NPR news a couple of days ago.  All of Haiti's current troubles were being blamed on things that the French did in 1825 and this proposition was discussed seriously for 15 minutes.  Haiti does seem to be in rather tough shape, at least going by the CIA Factbook page:

"About 80% of the population lives in abject poverty.  ... The economy shrank an estimated 1.2% in 2001 and an estimated 0.9% in 2002.  Literacy rate is 53%."

Despite an HIV infection rate of 6.1% and a lot of deaths from AIDS the population is still growing at an annual rate of 1.67%, i.e., there are an ever-increasing number of Haitians to share an ever-smaller pie.  (cf. Malthus)

Perhaps there are more problems in our world of 2004 that can be blamed on those French and Germans who died circa 1825...  Anyone care to suggest some dead Europeans to blame in the comments section?

Dan Rather interviewed Ben Barnes

Dan Rather interviewed Ben Barnes 09/09/2004 04:40 PM
he told 60 Minutes .. four Bush memos

cbsnews.com/stories/2004/09/08/60II/main641984.shtml
track this site | 7 links

I'mn being interviewed at The Well

I'mn being interviewed at The Well 03/15/2003 09:43 AM
I'm the subject of an open interview at The Inkwell.vue. We're mainly talking about Small Pieces and I'm braying like a puffed-up, vacuous ass. Come join the fun!...

Jon Johansen Interviewed

Jon Johansen Interviewed 04/05/2005 11:26 AM

Joe Trippi Interviewed

Joe Trippi Interviewed 07/22/2004 09:59 AM

Indiedownloads.com offers a Gibson Jimmy
Page Signature Les Paul Guitar, $5000 or
Studio Time to One Lucky Member.

Indiedownloads.com offers a Gibson Jimmy
Page Signature Les Paul Guitar, $5000 or
Studio Time to One Lucky Member. 06/13/2004 02:23 AM
A Gibson Jimmy Page Signature Les Paul guitar is up for grabs at Indiedownloads.com. As well as Five Thousand-dollars or a twenty-four hour block of studio time for one artist to work on their album. A choice of these three prizes will be awarded one registered member of indiedownloads.com. [PRWEB Jun 13, 2004]

Jakito's Creators Interviewed

Jakito's Creators Interviewed 07/21/2004 09:30 AM

Roland Piquepaille sat down with the CEO and CTO of Novinit, the French firm behind the Jackito "Tactile Digital Assistant" (the one you use with just your thumbs). Although the company appears to have realized many of the errors they initially made in the product announcement, there's still enough tomfoolery to dispell any confidence that I might have that the Jackito's designers are in touch with the rest of the PDA world (or that they even want to be).

What I still don't get is why I should have to pay upwards for $700 for a crappy PDA when its major claim to fame is something that could just as easily be done in software on an established platform, like Palm or Windows Mobile. It's not like you can't turn a Palm on its side and use your thumbs on it.
Read - Exclusive Interview With Jackito's Makers [TechnologyTrends]

Related
Jackito: Tactile Digital Assistant [Gizmodo]

interviewed some of the Convention
bl0ggers

interviewed some of the Convention
bl0ggers 07/26/2004 03:50 AM
Wall Street Journal .. free link

online.wsj.com/public/article/0,,SB109045054755870333,00.html?m od=todays_free_feature
track this site | 4 links

Josh Aas Interviewed by macnews.de

Josh Aas Interviewed by macnews.de 04/01/2005 06:08 AM

BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO
Investment

BayStar Interviewed Regarding SCO
Investment 04/22/2004 10:43 AM

Scott MacGregor Interviewed

Scott MacGregor Interviewed 03/30/2005 09:07 PM

interviewed on Fox News Channel

interviewed on Fox News Channel 05/26/2004 07:25 AM
FoxNews interview .. ��� ���

foxnews.com/video2/real/0,3782,9351:300,00.ram
track this site | 5 links

3 Electronic Maestros Interviewed

3 Electronic Maestros Interviewed 04/02/2005 11:05 PM

Ex Microsoft Employee Interviewed

Ex Microsoft Employee Interviewed 11/02/2003 01:03 PM
Michael Hanson the Microsoft employee that got canned for posting a picture on his weblog has a frank and fair...

'Hostage-taker' interviewed on TV

'Hostage-taker' interviewed on TV 09/05/2004 08:30 PM
Russian state TV airs an interview with an alleged hostage-taker, as two days of national mourning begin.

Cheney Interviewed in CIA Name Leak -
NYT

Cheney Interviewed in CIA Name Leak -
NYT 06/05/2004 10:18 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 5 2004 1:44PM GMT

SleepTracker Inventor Interviewed

SleepTracker Inventor Interviewed 04/15/2005 09:59 AM

The SleepTracker watch has been a total success from what I can divine. We actually called to get one in for review because so many people were asking about it and the company said they didn't have a single review unit to spare (I probably should have turned off Unskinny Bop while calling). Gear Live has an interview with Lee Loree, the inventor of the watch that helps you wake up at the optimal time.

The next night I allowed our dog back into our room.� 3 times she woke me to where I sat up in bed and was visibly disturbed (I video tape the nights I run tests).

Kinky, but that's science for you.

Interview with Lee Loree, SLEEPTRACKER Inventor [GearLive]

Grok Description matches for William Gibson interviewed by Moira Gunn
GrokA matches for William Gibson interviewed by Moira Gunn

Neuromancer jacket-quote

Neuromancer jacket-quote 06/16/2004 10:20 AM
I'm bursting with pride over something that I had to share: I've been asked for a jacket-flap quote for the upcoming 20th Anniversary Edition of William Gibson's Neuromancer, which Ace will publish next autumn. I've had some amazing honors in my career, but this takes the cake. I've only met Gibson a couple of times, but on both occasions I was struck by his generosity and wit.

Here's the quote I gave to Ace:

"Neuromancer didn't predict the future. Neuromancer *created* the future. If you would understand the past twenty years' technological advance and retreat, this book is required reading. I re-read it every year, just to get an edge on the year that's coming, and to glory in Gibson's prose and cunning artifice."

Link

Neuromancer radio play preservation
effort in the teeth of bureacracy

Neuromancer radio play preservation
effort in the teeth of bureacracy 03/19/2005 03:03 AM
Cory Doctorow: A fan of the BBC radio play adaptation of William Gibson's Neuromancer has launched a one-fan preservation and distribution effort. Jody Armstrong has the audio available for download on a web-page, along with some fan-art and a plaintive disclaimer begging someone from the Beeb to return the phone-calls and emails left asking for permission to do so.

I've been trying to locate somebody at the BBC or some information in relation to redistributing this recording to allow those who were not able to hear the play to enjoy it. I have sent a letter, four e-mails via the tortuously confusing BBC Website contacts page and made over a dozen phone calls to various departments. I have left numerous voicemails as a result of these phoen calls. Nobody has responded to the messages, those I spoke too seemed to respond like a dog that had been shown a card trick and no hint as to whether I can redistribute it has been forthcoming.

If, whether it be the BBC itself, those responsibel for the play or William Gibson himself, has a problem with this distribution of the play, please bear in mind 4 things before breaking out the lawyers.

1) The bandwidth, this site and even the pretty pictures you see on this page is mine, an impoverished Gibson fan who wants to do a favour for the other fans. It's out of my pocket, I'm spending my money, be kind...

2) I have made attempts to contact you and have been ignored. True I am probably breaking copyright laws, however I am promoting 'Play of the Week', William Gibson's work and the talented people behind the radioplay.

3) E-Mail me, I'll take it down straight away.

Link (Thanks, Boris!)

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable)

BitTorrent 3.4.2 (Stable) 05/15/2004 07:11 AM
A content delivery tool that makes distributing very large files possible.

Jimmy Akin of JimmyAkin.Org explains
what Ratzinger said

Jimmy Akin of JimmyAkin.Org explains
what Ratzinger said 09/11/2004 02:51 PM
here:

jimmyakin.org/2004/09/what_ratzinger_.html
track this site | 4 links

Ratzinger Ahead in Pre-Conclave Pope
Politicking (Reuters)

Ratzinger Ahead in Pre-Conclave Pope
Politicking (Reuters) 04/13/2005 06:45 AM
Reuters - Conservative Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has gained strong support among Roman Catholic cardinals seeking a successor to Pope John Paul but many of them are still undecided, a Church official said Wednesday.

BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent?

BitTorrent is dead. Long live
BitTorrent? 01/05/2005 01:38 PM
ZDNet Jan 5 2005 5:09PM GMT

The Third APEC SME Technology Conference
and Fair Selects IT E-Strategies
President, David Scott Lewis, as the
Featured Speaker on Global IT Sourcing:
IT E-Strategies Recognized for IT
(Information Technology) Sourcing
Leadership

The Third APEC SME Technology Conference
and Fair Selects IT E-Strategies
President, David Scott Lewis, as the
Featured Speaker on Global IT Sourcing:
IT E-Strategies Recognized for IT
(Information Technology) Sourcing
Leadership 06/01/2004 02:19 AM
David Scott Lewis, President and Principal Analyst of IT E-Strategies, has been selected as the speaker on global IT sourcing at next week's Third APEC SME Technology Conference, alongside three other speakers, including the heads of IBM and EDS/UGS PLM in China. [PRWEB Jun 1, 2004]

William Gibson interviewed by Moira Gunn

The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: "stable strategies and others" neuromancer ratzinger neuromancer gibson bittorrent link:pm6fva8xptaj:hem.passagen.se/replikant/