As annouced on Locus Online,
At exactly 1:07 PM GMT on March 31, 2005, noted science fiction author Charles Stross ceased his existence as a baseline human being and entered an unknowable posthuman condition.
The precipitating event, as far as experts can determine, was Stross’s acquisition of a new Sony PSP game machine.
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Stross’s transformation is the first documented case of Singularity breach, but rumors persist that Australian writer Greg Egan made the emergent leap long ago.
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Stross is survived by his beloved widow, and by approximately ten thousand partial personalities seeded throughout the internet.
I wonder if this will affect his 2005 Hugo Award nominations? More under SciFi/CharlesStross
Update: Charlie himself(s) reports finding posthuman life rather cramped inside this Palm Pilot, and I urgently need more storage. Anyone got a spare 1Gb SD memory card?