Abraham Riesman
Jules Verne is 184 Today, Here are 15 Reasons Why He’s Still Cooler Than You’ll Ever Be
It's Jules Verne's 184th birthday, and to this day, there are very few people as completely bad-ass as him. We put together five crazy things you didn't know about him, five incredible actual titles of novels he wrote, and five awesome quotations of...
14 Top Internet Minds Explain How Facebook's IPO Will Push Your Life Buttons
It’s only been a week, but already everyone’s acting like nothing’s changed. Facebook announced its astronomical $5 billion initial public offering last Wednesday, giving it a valuation somewhere in the ballpark of "$75 billion to $100 billion":http...
Warren Ellis Thinks Newt Gingrich's Space Ideas Are Full of Shit
After Gingrich's claims during last night's debate, I wondered if Warren saw him as a fellow space dreamer? I contacted him to find out and ended up with more than I bargained for.
Deathmatch on Mars: An Interview with Warren Ellis on Newt Gingrich, Space Realism and Future America
Whenever Newt Gingrich talks about lunar colonies and conquering Mars -- and he certainly wasn’t stingy on all that "during last night’s GOP debate in Jacksonville":http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_759980.html...
Poignant Postmodern Piracy: 20 Years of "Monkey Island 2"
Remembering a 1991 game that embodied millennials' self-obsession.
The Forever War, Illustrated: How a Graphic Novel Imagined An Even More Dystopian 2011
*_By Abe Riesman_* As the Iraq War winds down and already begins to fade and fizzle from popular memory, spare a little pity for the educators who will have to teach future generations about it. It’ll be hard enough to sort out its causes and its...
Steve Jobs Just Wanted What Was Best For Me
_By Abe Riesman_ A persistent refrain has emerged in the Internet’s collective toast to the late Steve Jobs: proudly celebrating just how ubiquitous his handiwork has become. _I’m typing this on an Apple product right now!_ people declare on Twitter...
"Hello Abraham There is No Problem": My Wonderfully Horrible Craigslist Scam Saga
When it comes to the Internet, the three most dangerous letters are _I_, _R_, and _L_.