The votes of America on I.R.V.
Shows how much attention I've been paying. San Francisco voters on Tuesday approved Measure A, which establishes Instant Runoff Voting...
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Don’t quit your day job, John
I'm sorely disappointed in my usual sources for not telling me about John Ashcroft's stirring rendition of his song "Let...
Cyberpunk futures
Tim has discovered Swanwick. My opinions of Swanwick's short stories have been mixed, but I too liked both "The Dog...
Not calculated to inspire confidence
I don't know anything about cars. I can only imagine that the feeling that I get when I go to...
Entropy
I thought about titling this "Things fall apart," but that seemed perhaps a little overdramatic. Have been running on about...
Paid subscribers
Just saw a Wall Street Journal article that says that Slate is gonna continue to keep their content free and...
Final Nebula ballot announced
The final ballot for the Nebulas was released last week. Due to the somewhat convoluted eligibility rules, about two-thirds of...
Tugboat
Another one of those things that's indubitably making its way around the Net at the speed of email: a photo-essay...
Damn it!
I just wrote 90% of a long entry detailing the rest of the weekend, and then my damn browser crashed....
And how should I begin?
Friday got off to a slow start; took me 15 minutes to find my checkbook. And then I discovered that...
Today
Pay rent and Visa bill. Reserve a car at LAX. Go to work. Shock co-workers by arriving much earlier...
Semianniversary
And one more thing: today (more or less) marks 18 months since Strange Horizons launched. Go us! (It's also my...