For the Charles Stross fans

Free short story, Down on the Farm from Tor.com.
Thanks to kizzie for the link.

ETA: Matron is an excellent name for an AI. :)

First TV?

This just came up at work for some reason.

[Poll #1479849]

Note: This is mainly targeted at people around my age, i.e. those who actually remember what a black and white TV looked like and what it was like to actually having to get up and switch manually between the three available channels.

In case you don't follow boston_bigpic

(and if not, why not?)
Awesome Halloween/Days of the Dead photos