An oldie but oh, what a goodie

It's about time Neal Stephenson wrote something. The Baroque Trilogy is drifting into the past (although finding someone to celebrate the genius of the ending with is not easy).

Not familiar with our Neal? Consider yourself slapped with a wet fish.

He's more than a novelist. His "geek journalism" is exemplified in the wonderful Mother Earth Mother Board, first published in Wired. There's a version with the formatting intact here.