Now Blogging On TomNoir.com

As much as it surprises me, Google Analytics tells me that this blog still gets the occasional hit, which is very flattering. Old friends with RSS feed readers, I'm guessing. As much as I appreciate the continued interest, systemofabraun is no longer a going concern and I don't anticipate resurrecting it in the future.

Its not because I've lost interest in blogging. Far from it. It's just that I've decided to focus my efforts elsewhere. Exhibit A: TomNoir.com.

Not so much a writing blog, but I flatter myself that writers, especially SF writers, will still find a lot of interesting stuff there. I ponder at length linguistics, neurology, psychology, history and technology; generally it's all about exploring our relationship to the increasingly complex society we live in.

By most reasonable metrics, we now live in the future, at least as it was envisioned by SF writers of the last century. Technology is leaping ahead. Our social fabric and culture is transforming in ways that few people could have anticipated. And yet, we're still learning that there's a lot we don't know about ourselves.

That's where my interest lies these days. If it sounds interesting to you, come check it out.

Topics so far include

• Why the brain is not like a computer
• The real steam-punk computer
• Is txt-speak a dialect of English?
• When Bollywood meets David Fincher
• Why it's so hard to learn another language

Come say hi!