Awaits the sun’s return
This year's winter solstice occurs today at 3:38 p.m. California time. And none too soon. As is traditional 'round these...
jQuery basics
I'm finally starting to teach myself how to use the jQuery JavaScript library. So I'm looking at some of the...
Senate votes to repeal DADT!
The US Senate has just voted, 65 to 31, to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. As noted in my previous...
DADT about to be repealed!
I'm delighted to hear that the procedural vote on Don't Ask, Don't Tell has passed the Senate, 63 to 33....
The problem with TV conspiracies
Nice quote: The problem with all-powerful conspiracies on serialized TV shows is that, inevitably, they have to be defeated by...
Great storytelling recordings, super-cheap!
Info about a bunch of excellent albums of the stories of Willy Claflin and/or Maynard Moose—and how you can buy some of them for $2 apiece.
Too much spam
A recent flood of comment spam has led to my turning off comments on this blog temporarily, until I figure...
Happy anniversary, Mary Anne!
Woke up Sunday morning to Mary Anne's nice anniversary blog note. (Yep, it's been thirteen years.) All day, I meant...
News flash: Forthcoming movies are based on old stuff!
I know people have been pointing out for years that a lot of new movies that come out are based...
Nifty new hypertext/Interactive Fiction authoring system
I recently encountered a cool system called Undum for creating hypertext stories, semi-interactive text-based games, and Interactive Fiction. On the...
Strange Horizons RSS feed
How to find out what SH is publishing every week, via Twitter and/or RSS.
SH fiction stats 2010
As of last night, we're all done with responding to Strange Horizons fiction submissions for 2010! So I've posted my...