Smarter spellcheckers
There are a lot of typos that spellcheckers won't catch. Some of those, there's probably nothing to be done about...
Author Archive
Temporary mail outage
My mail system has thrown away most of the mail that it received in the past four to eight hours....
Mothers
This morning, I was half-listening to iTunes on shuffle play again, and one of my two or three favorite pieces...
Fathers
I recently discovered that the Uncle Bonsai albums are available on CD. They're still not available via the iTunes Store,...
Writing challenge/exercise: long titles
Not sure what to write next? Here's a challenge: Come up with a title that's at least seven words long...
Three Strange Horizons items
Three quick things as I rush off to a meeting: Susan's been nominated for a Special Award in the World...
Blog Against Racism Week
This past week has been International Blog Against Racism Week, and I've been so out of touch that I nearly...
Defensiveness
Every now and then, someone says something online that upsets me or hurts my feelings, because I am a delicate...
Arcade games (and pinball) in San Jose this weekend
This weekend in San José is California Extreme 2007, "an annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines [and] video games,"...
Flash, Java, and JavaScript games/toys/puzzles roundup
Assorted interesting and/or cool online games, toys, and puzzles: Gimme Friction Baby, which Charles D described as "sort of a...
Gabrielle’s story
On December 1, 1997 (almost ten years ago), I received an odd piece of email, from someone I didn't know,...
Haven’t you always wanted a monkey (on a plane)?
Various news sources seem uncertain whether to treat the news of a man bringing a pygmy marmoset on a flight...