Still more technofailure
Yesterday morning, the plan was to meet Gabrielle, Ethan, and Phoebe at the Getty Villa. Gabrielle had gotten us tickets...
Email failure
Last night I got back to Jay & Holly's house late, but decided to do a quick email check before...
Album-only songs
There are certain albums on the iTunes Store that contain one or two particular songs that everyone wants, plus a...
Yay, Greg!
I have been ridiculously slow about congratulating Greg van Eekhout on selling his novel! Yay, Greg! Congratulations! (I gotta say,...
For writers researching little details
Just happened across the LJ community called little_details, which provides a place for writers to ask questions to help make...
Burst of light in a windstorm
I was sitting here earlier this evening, facing a glass door that looks out toward a hillside that Holly tells...
New sf commentary site: io9
Annalee Newitz, Charlie Anders, and a cast of several have been running a blog called io9 for the past few...
A few notes on women in fiction
tacityhydra just mentioned the Mo Movie Measure in passing; I was going to post this comment in response to that...
Mac Buyer’s Guide
It's always frustrating when you buy a piece of hardware (such as a computer) and then an upgrade/revision appears on...
Travel update
Flew down to L.A. this morning, on a nearly empty plane; rented a Prius at the airport; spent the afternoon...
January submission report
During the month of January, 2008, Strange Horizons received 494 valid submissions--our highest-volume month ever, but only barely edging out...
Last day to submit WisCon programming ideas
Just remembered that the WisCon programming ideas list closes today. If you have any suggestions for programming, submit them! Somehow...