Diary (February 24, 2016)

Online diary of Karl Jones for Wednesday February 24, 2016.

Diary

RoboCop

RoboCop (1987) remains the gold standard for privatized dystopian satire in my world.

While we are sharing deep feelings, let’s admit that ED-209 was the coolest robot of its day, and remains a formidable tribute to stop-motion animation.

• Comment @ Boing Boing

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Karl Jones (nonfiction)