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Where To Find Phil Nelson Online, April 2021 Edition

I’ve found things are easier when I post these periodic reminders of where I am doing stuff online these days, and how people can get at me or support me or both. Not many changes from our previous edition in December 2020. Bold items are new. As of right now you can find me at the following online haunts:

  • I am @philnelson on Twitter
  • I co-host OpenCV’s Weekly webinar with Satya Mallick, Thursdays at 9am PDT
  • My Patreon, where you can support me directly each month and get exclusive content and early access to stuff
  • My newsletter on Substack is where you can subscribe for free (or $5/mo) and support me while getting a little more personal view on things than I post elsewhere, sent out every Thursday.
  • My Twitch where I sometimes stream video games, and we do RetroStrange Movie Night on every other Saturday night
  • Discord: I’m philnelson#1094, and we have our own Extra Future server
  • My Thingiverse account, where I post my 3D printable models
  • Extra Future, this place here, my blog since 2008 or so, where I announce and release things
  • My Itch account, where all of my (pay if you can / free) video games are hosted including the recently-released Chipping Challenge plus old experiments like Duck Jumper, Rassler, and Haunted Floating Eye
  • The RetroStrange YouTube where I upload the intros to every Movie Night and some additional content
  • My LinkedIn where I mostly follow and post about computer vision / artificial intelligence projects.

Ongoing Projects

  • RetroStrange Movie Night, a curated public domain movie night that runs every two weeks. There’s a Facebook group, too.
  • RetroStrange TV, a 24/7 streaming public domain TV channel that shows old Movie Night movies and shorts curated by me and Noah Maher.
  • LOFI SCIFI on RetroStrange, the 24 hour streaming old time radio science fiction channel
  • Divergent League Baseball, my simulated fantasy baseball league – the new season is starting soon.
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“Lost” Rod Serling Interview From 1970

Serling interviewed by University of Kansas professor James Gunn. [Part 1][1] and [Part 2][2].

This video was to be part of the professor’s film series “Science Fiction in Literature,” but was not included due to rights issues with Serling’s work. Blame CBS. Via [SF Signal.][via]

[1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wfazePQzj8&feature=player_embedded “YouTube – Lost Rod Serling Interview, 1970 pt01”
[2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sDdhJ22bms&feature=related “Part 2”
[via]: http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010/08/lost-rod-serling-video-interview/ “SF Signal: Lost Rod Serling Video Interview”

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Terry Pratchett on Doctor Who

[Terry, who as he says himself was “there at the beginning”:][link]

>The unexpected, unadvertised solution which kisses it all better is known as a deus ex machina – literally, a god from the machine. And a god from the machine is what the Doctor now is. A decent detective story provides you with enough tantalising information to allow you to make a stab at a solution before the famous detective struts his stuff in the library. Doctor Who replaces this with speed, fast talking, and what appears to be that wonderful element “makeitupasyougalongeum”.

[link]: http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/05/03/guest-blog-terry-pratchett-on-doctor-who/ “GUEST BLOG Terry Pratchett on Doctor Who”

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How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later

[Relevant to my interests, and somehow I hadn’t read it before][link]. PKD knew a thing or two about this.

[link]: http://deoxy.org/pkd_how2build.htm “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later”

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The Art of Penguin Science Fiction

[A historical guide to the book jacket designs of Penguin’s Sci-Fi line][link].

[link]: http://www.penguinsciencefiction.org/ “The Art of Penguin Science Fiction”

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Warren Ellis on Shitgaze, and Novum

[Things like this just fall off of Warren when he’s taking his monthly bath][link], and it’s the most interesting thing I’ve read today.

[link]: http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=7178 “Warren Ellis » Shitgaze”