Trial by jury, trial by fire
I don't normally do online petitions. Email petitions have a lot of problems; the Web ones address many of those...
What do you know about Afghanistan?
For example, did you know that the afghani is a unit of money, and that the correct term for a...
Small Beer Press
More old-but-good news from the small-press world: The first two books published by Gavin Grant's Small Beer Press, Stranger Things...
Do what I say, not what I do
Regarding my earlier entry titled "Carpe Diem": I ought to have noted that I often don't practice what I preach...
Getting out alive
Chances are, you'll never need to know what to do if you find yourself in a sinking car. But if...
Carpe diem
Susan wrote today: "Fear and risk and grief are now part of the rest of my life." I think in...
Greenberg v. National Geographic
I had heard of the Tasini v. New York Times case (in which the NYT claimed it had a right...
Rejections
Rejected 74 stories in the past 24 hours or so. Only another 28 rejections to go before I'm caught up...
Patriotic peace
Peggy Monahan wanted a way to show support for the people who've been hurt without indicating support for a rash...
Cool Java ripple effect
A cute little Java applet that lets you make ripples in water. Don't go there if you don't have Java....
Mykle!
Also from that same old Powell's newsletter (one of the few I didn't read when it arrived, which was like...
Book gender
Just found a link to this in an old Powell's newsletter: Neil Gaiman on the genders of books, the evolution...