Besides toasting the resurrection of Futurismic (ahem), there’s another cause for celebration for science fiction fans today; the 7th of July 2007 is the centennial anniversary of one of science fiction’s most celebrated writers, Robert Heinlein.

If you’re in the mood to immerse yourself in all things Heinleinian, or just fancy brushing up on your knowledge, SF Signal has just posted an immense collection of links about Robert Heinlein, the late Grand Master who changed the face of the genre forever. That should keep you busy until Monday!

Greetings, boys and girls; if you’re reading this in your RSS reader without having had to resubscribe to Futurismic, then the fiddle I shoved into the htaccess file has worked properly, and everything is just awesome.

Operational Beta version

The site theme needs some work to get it functioning exactly the way we want it to (which will be done incrementally, as time and our non-existent budget permits).

But we’ve actually got all our old posts and stories and essays from the previous installation in the archives … and we’re pretty much all set up to get back to business as usual, bringing you the fact and fiction of tomorrow with all the convenience of modern web2.0 gimcrackery.

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Best of all, the comments system here works properly! So if you’re reading this in your feed reader, please click through and say hi – just to let us know you’re there and that everything is working A-OK.

Hello Futurismic visitors. Sorry for the suddenness, but we are revamping Futurismic to a more stable backend and updating some items so that it’s easier for us to post. Please bear with us for the July 4th holiday, and make sure to check back by Monday!

We’re switching webhosts and blogging software, so expect to see some wonkiness when you visit Futurismic over the next few days. We’re hoping to be back online and publishing again by the end of the weekend, but it may take a little longer.

In Japan, where giving someone your card is as basic a social action as saying hello, it’s no surprise that a lot of innovative formats have been developed for the humble business card – after all, you need that prospective client to remember you before any potential rivals, right? Right – so why not, instead of a rectangle of card, give them snack foods laser-etched with your name and business details? I’d consider doing this myself, if it wasn’t already apparent that I work for peanuts …