what's new, 2008

December 2008

30th • SF • Laura E. Reeve • Peacekeeper
29th • SF film • Superman Returns
28th • computers • Robert L. Glass • Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering
27th • SF film • Sky High
27th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Steelflower
26th • SF film • Dead Man's Chest
26th • SF film • The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
26th • Web • David Weinberger • Everything is Miscellaneous
24th • psychology • Malcolm Gladwell • Blink
24th • SF • Jennifer Rardin • Biting the Bullet
23rd • SF • Joss Whedon et al • Serenity: Better Days
22nd • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Moving Targets
16th • SF • Robin McKinley • Dragonhaven
6th • SF • Drew Goddard, Georges Jeanty, Joss Whedon • Wolves at the Gate

November 2008

30th • SF • J. D. Robb et al • Suite 606
30th • NSC • full chapter: "Embodiment"
18th • language • Steven Pinker • The Stuff of Thought
14th • NSC • abstract: "Classical Computing in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"
1st • SF • John Scalzi • The Last Colony

October 2008

29th • psychology • Cretien van Campen • The Hidden Sense
28th • SF • John Scalzi • The Ghost Brigades
26th • cartoons • Stephen Notley • Everybody vs. Bob the Angry Flower
20th • SF • John Scalzi • Old Man's War
18th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Hunter's Prayer
16th • economics • Nassim Nicholas Taleb • The Black Swan
13th • biology • Denis Noble • The Music of Life
12th • Z • full paper: Retrenching the Purse: The Balance Enquiry Quandary
4th • SF • S. L. Viehl • Omega Games

September 2008

27th• SF • Joss Whedon • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 5
22nd • maths • Julian Havil • Nonplussed!
21st • SF • Jennifer Rardin • Another One Bites the Dust
21st • Annabel and Bryony • two more sequels!??
21st • computers • Joel Spolsky • More Joel on Software
20th • NSC • abstract: "Automorphisms of transition graphs for linear cellular automata"
16th • economics • Steven E. Landsburg • More Sex is Safer Sex
15th • computers • Joel Spolsky • Joel on Software
13th • SF TV • Stargate: Continuum
11th • SF • J. D. Robb • Strangers in Death
11th • NSC • full paper: "Towards an executable model of auxin transport canalisation"
11th • NSC • full proceedings: CoSMoS 2008
7th • NSC • preface: CPA 2008
2nd • Z • full paper: Retrenchment and the Atomicity Pattern
1st • NSC • full paper: PLAZZMID: an agent-based architecture inspired by bee and bacterial genomes
1st • NSC • full paper: Folding Protein-Like Structures with Open L-systems.
1st • NSC • full paper: Neutral Emergence and Coarse Graining

August 2008

31st • SF • Ysabeau S. Wilce • Flora Segunda
30th • maths • Leonard M. Wapner • The Pea and the Sun
29th • SF TV • Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
26th • culture • Steven Johnson • Everything Bad is Good for You
24th • maths • Mark Ronan • Symmetry and the Monster
24th • SF TV • Stargate Atlantis • season 4
22nd • security • abstract: Enforcing Behaviour with Anonymity
20th • SF TV • Futurama: Bender's Big Score
19th • web design • Steve Krug • Don't Make Me Think
19th • SF • Jennifer Rardin • Once Bitten, Twice Shy
17th • SF film • Hellboy
17th • SF • Timothy Zahn • The Green and the Gray
10th • NSC • full paper: Evolutionary search applied to reconfigurable analogue control
9th • SF • Gregory Benford • Worlds Vast and Various
1st • NSC • preface: CoSMoS 2008

July 2008

30th • SF • Charles Stross • Halting State
26th • NSC • abstract: "Towards an executable model of auxin transport canalisation"
26th • NSC • abstract: "Grand Challenge 7: Journeys in Non-Classical Computation"
20th • SF • Elizabeth Bear • The Chains that You Refuse
14th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Night Shift
12th • SF • Elizabeth Bear • Carnival
12th • NSC • full paper: "Automorphisms of transition graphs for a linear cellular automaton"
12th • NSC • full paper: "Investigations of Game of Life cellular automata rules on Penrose Tilings: lifetime and ash statistics"
12th • SF TV • Battlestar Galactica, season 3
6th • NSC • full paper: "Using Feedback to Regulate Gene Expression in a Developmental Control Architecture"
5th • SF TV • Doctor Who, new season 4
5th • NSC • full chapter: "Evolving Quantum Programs and Protocols"

June 2008

29th • SF • Holly Lisle • Gods Old and Dark
18th • SF • Lisa Shearin • Magic Lost, Trouble Found
15th • SF • Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, Joss Whedon • No Future for You
15th • SF • Tanya Huff • The Heart of Valor
11th • SF • Holly Lisle • The Wreck of Heaven
5th • cognition • Daniel C. Dennett • Sweet Dreams
4th • SF • Holly Lisle • Memory of Fire

May 2008

29th • fractals • Benoit B. Mandelbrot, Richard L. Hudson • The (Mis)Behaviour of Markets
26th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Victory Conditions
26th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Command Decision
26th • SF TV • Medium, season 2
25th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Engaging the Enemy
25th • SF • Elizabeth Moon • Moving Target
24th • complexity • Richard J. Bird • Chaos and Life
21st • SF • Joss Whedon • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 4
19th• SF • Elizabeth Moon • Trading in Danger
18th • SF TV • Babylon 5 : The Lost Tales: Voices in the Dark
18th • SF • Ilona Andrews • Magic Burns
17th • SF • Lois McMaster Bujold • Passage
11th • SF • Vernor Vinge • Rainbows End
5th • SF TV • The Bionic Woman • season 1
4th • perception • Scott Kim • Inversions
4th • SF TV • Stargate: The Ark of Truth
4th • SF TV • Stargate Atlantis • season 3
3rd • NSC • abstract: "Investigating Patterns for the Process-Oriented Modelling and Simulation of Space in Complex Systems"
3rd • NSC • abstract: "Protein folding with stochastic L-Systems"
3rd • NSC • abstract: "Complex Systems Models: Engineering Simulations"
3rd • NSC • abstract: "Investigating emergence by coarse graining Elementary Cellular Automata"

April 2008

27th • SF • Kim Harrison • Where Demons Dare
23rd • SF • Cory Doctorow • Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
19th • SF • Mercedes Lackey • Fortune's Fool
19th • SF TV • The Sarah Connor Chronicles • season 1
19th • SF • Ilona Andrews • Magic Bites
19th • NSC • abstract: "Investigations of Game of Life CA rules on Penrose Tilings: lifetime and ash statistics"
16th • SF • J. D. Robb • Creation in Death
13th • psychology • Betty Lehan Harragan • Games Mother Never Taught You
13th • NSC • abstract: "Automorphisms of transition graphs for a linear CA"
10th • NSC • abstract: "Immuno-Engineering"
6th • SF • Moira J. Moore • Heroes Adrift
6th • psychology • Al Seckel • Masters of Deception
5th • SF • Daniel Pinkwater • Slaves of Spiegel
2nd • statistics • Michael Blastland, Andrew Dilnot • The Tiger that Isn't

March 2008

29th • SF film • Stardust
29th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Cloud Watcher
29th • language • Arnold M. Zwicky et al • Studies Out in Left Field
29th • nanotech • Richard Jones • Soft Machines
28th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Fire Watcher
27th • psychology • Oliver Sacks • Musicophilia
26th • SF • Charles Sheffield • Georgia on My Mind, and other places
25th • evolution • Sean B. Carroll • Endless Forms Most Beautiful
24th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Hunter, Healer
18th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • The Society
18th • NSC • full paper: "Rule Migration: Exploring a design framework for emergence"
17th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Storm Watcher
16th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Dark Watcher
16th • SF • Daniel Pinkwater • Alan Mendelsohn, the Boy from Mars
9th • SF • Iain M. Banks • Use of Weapons

February 2008

28th • quantum • Julian Brown • The Quest for the Quantum Computer
25th • SF • Charles Sheffield • The Billion Dollar Boy
16th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • To Hell and Back
11th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Saint City Sinners
6th • SF • Joss Whedon • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 3
5th • SF • Joss Whedon • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 2
4th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • The Devil's Right Hand
2nd • NSC • abstract: "The Neglected Pillar of Material Computation"

January 2008

30th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Dead Man Rising
28th • SF • Julie E. Czerneda • In the Company of Others
27th • SF • Joss Whedon • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 1
19th • NSC • abstract: "Automorphisms of transition graphs for elementary cellular automata"
13th • SF • Lilith Saintcrow • Working for the Devil
12th • NSC • abstract: "Adaptive Circuit Control through Gene Expression"
12th • Z • abstract: "The certification of the Mondex electronic purse to ITSEC Level E6"
8th • SF • Melisa Michaels • Sister to the Rain
3rd • SF • Robert A. Heinlein, Spider Robinson • Variable Star
3rd • SF TV • Stargate SG-1 • season 10
2nd • SF • Melisa Michaels • Cold Iron

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