Magazine anniversary year
Mary Anne first started putting together staff for the magazine that became Strange Horizons back around January of 2000, but...
Experimental Facebook friending
I've been getting Facebook friend requests from people I don't know for quite a while now. (As I imagine most...
Adventures in phone-tree security
Just called ETrade to check on some financial information. Their automatic phone answering system asked me to enter my web...
Movies lately
I've been on a sudden movie-watching spree for the past week or two, after several months of averaging about one...
Weekend update
Things I bought today included shoelaces, a belt, pizza, groceries, a suitcase, and a suit. I was thinking a couple...
Happy Mother’s Day!
A lot of my friends are mothers these days. To all of you who are, or have been, or expect...
Wanted: Author-name pronunciation database
Dear Lazyweb, For the past few years, I've been thinking that it would be cool to have an online database...
Copyrights don’t have to be defended
In the US, there are multiple kinds of intellectual property, and they're covered by multiple kinds of laws. In particular,...
My WisCon schedule
I'll be arriving at WisCon the evening of Thursday the 27th, around 8 p.m. Madison time if the flight's not...
Lego Star Wars trilogy in 2:13
The latest video making the rounds: "The Fastest and Funniest LEGO Star Wars story ever told," covering the entire original...
Most dramatic browser speed tests ever
The Google Chrome developers have come out with a new version of the browser that's faster than ever before. To...
More about awesome women
I read through all of the awesome women proclaiming their awesomeness thread yesterday (having previously only looked at a couple...