entropy – VoVatia (original) (raw)

Automa-Tons of Fun

During a discussion of Ozma of Oz at the most recent OzCon International, Lee Speth proposed that, while Tik-Tok was not the first mechanical man in modern literature, he was perhaps the first artificial intelligence. L. Frank Baum himself had … Continue reading →

Posted in Characters, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Eric Shanower, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Technology | Tagged aa the salt sorcerer, artificial intelligence, auto-dragons, captain battery batt, cast-iron man, clank, clocker, clockwise, dot and tot of merryland, entropy, fred meyer, giant with the hammer, henry blossom, hundred-year alarm clock, jack breton, kadj the conjurer, king scowleyow, ku-klip, larry breton, little pink bear, mooj, mr. split, ozma of oz, ozwoz, pirates in oz, r.k. lionel, red jinn, robert pattrick, robots, smith and tinker, the braided man of oz, the forbidden fountain of oz, the lost princess of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the master crafters of oz, the ork in oz, the purple prince of oz, the runaway in oz, the salt sorcerer of oz, the wicked witch of oz, thi, tik-tok, wizard of oz |

Eliminate the Negative

I wish I could put a “post no bills” sticker on my windshield, because it’s annoying when people put advertising flyers on there. Still, one that I got recently gave me the idea for this post, but I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Magic, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Star Trek, Star Wars | Tagged black holes, chaos, diane duane, energy, entropy, negative energy, negative mass, new age, order, physics, positive energy, qi, satan, sith, spirituality, the force, time travel, wormholes, young wizards series |

All I Can See Is Ouroboros

I’m sure that, even if you don’t know the name, you’ve seen the image of the snake biting its own tail. It’s used a lot as a symbol for infinity and the cycle of death and rebirth, and it’s even … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Christianity, Egyptian, Gnosticism, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion, They Might Be Giants | Tagged alchemy, angrboda, auryn, doctor dolittle, entropy, hugh lofting, infinity, jenny and johnny, jormungandr, loki, michael ende, midgard, ouroboros, palindromes, plato, pushmi-pullyu, ragnarok, serpents, snakes, sun, the neverending story, thor |