I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

  • teleny

    My bacterial friend, Yersinia, thought this was as close to porn as a unicellular can manage.

    • DevinC

      I miss Yersinia.  She had that one breakout hit in Europe for a couple of years, but since then the only time I ever hear of her is in a “Where are they now?” context.  

      • Jonathan Badger

        She’s still big in India; perhaps one of these days she’ll make a comeback.

  • Doug Shawhan

    If the algorithm is as simple as the original life game, there are going to be a lot of palm prints on a lot of heads. :-)

    • Boundegar

      It’s not.  It’s hideously complex, but it does approximate Life.

  • corydodt

    Reminds me of fungal growth, perhaps slime mold.

    • http://fallsastar.com Crashproof

      That’s what she said!

      • corydodt

        Why does everyone have to keep reminding me about that :(

  • PrettyBoyTim

    I want a GPU-powered version of that running fullscreen as a screensaver.

    Although I’ll feel a bit guilty that those cycles aren’t going to better use.

  • http://weirdly.net Jacob Ewing

    I just had a serious shudder looking at the number of “goto” statements in that code.

  • tubacat

    I guess beauty’s in the eye, etc. Personally, I prefer my memory of multicolored gliders sailing along the TV screen when I first played with Life on my TI 99…