Some pros and cons of Glass
Mat Honan wore Google Glass for much of 2013; in an article for Wired, he talks about what it's like...
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When the Internet of Things fails
For the past three or four weeks, I've had a blizzard of technological failures. There was a period when my...
Astonishing balancing performance
I'm going to recommend a video in a minute. But first, some backstory: Kam and I went to see Cirque...
Alternatives to Movable Type and WordPress?
I've been using Movable Type for my own blog since 2005, but have grown increasingly dissatisfied with it of late....
Picking up Sturgeon again
In 2001, I bought and read and enjoyed the first five volumes in North Atlantic Books's Complete Stories of Theodore...
My top ten single-author short sf collections
Back in 2010, John DeNardo of SF Signal was kind enough to invite me to participate in one of their...
R.I.P., Pete Seeger
I've been trying to figure out why Pete Seeger's death yesterday, at age 94, is hitting me so hard. Part...
Double rejection
Received two (friendly) rejections in the past 26 hours, for the only two stories I had out. I gotta say,...
Sturgeon on monogamy
Theodore Sturgeon's 1951 story “Rule of Three” (spoilers!) features two tripartite energy beings who embed themselves in six humans, and...
The romantic rogue
Any of you know when/where/how we started romanticizing rogues and other villains? There's this thread in at least the European...
More from _Happy All the Time_
Still enjoying Laurie Colwin's 1978 novel Happy All the Time. Here are a couple more bits worth snipping for my...
Conversational about kissing?
I've been doing some sorting and organizing and winnowing of books lately, and came across a book that I think...