Archive for August, 2007
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Friday, August 31st, 2007I got a surge in search engine hits this morning. Andrew Burt, “Shades of Grey,” and SFWA were all mentioned prominently. It might only last the weekend, but apparently this thing is burning up the net, just a bit. Nick Mamatas points out that Burt may not have conformed to actual DMCA takedown letter verbiage [...]
Way To Go, SFWA
Friday, August 31st, 2007I went to be last night just before Cory Doctorow posted this rather entertaining and damning shot at SFWA and SFWA VP Andrew Burt. So I didn’t get to jump on it right away. But I have to say: I think I saw this coming. Something like it, anyway. Back in the spring when the [...]
Inspections
Tuesday, August 28th, 2007When I was in the Marines, inspections were stressful things. Boot Camp might be too obvious there, since everything about it is stress, right down to sleep. But even afterwards, inspections tended toward the stressful. Shortly after 9/11, the unit I was with had what was called a MORDT inspection, which was basically a readiness [...]
The Driving Life
Monday, August 27th, 2007In case you aren’t aware, a recap on my current career: I work as an IT Consultant for a company that provides computer hardware, software, and wiring/mounting solutions for… dentists. It’s actually a pretty cool sector for technology, what with all the digital imaging advances going on, and all the young dentists getting out of [...]
Hipsters and Twits
Sunday, August 26th, 2007Via BoingBoing, an update to Monty Python’s classic “Upper Class Twit of the Year” sketch. The team that put this one together also has a nice one featuring the downward spiral of Mario and his ultimate end. Fun stuff.
Fact-Checking
Saturday, August 25th, 2007Just a quickie tonight: Fred “slacktivist” Clark has a nice entry on the strengths and weaknesses of “collaborative journalism.” The bit he quotes from John Rogers of Kung Fu Monkey would have had me spitting milk through my nose, had I been drinking any milk at the time. See if you can read that bit [...]
Inspection Ready?
Friday, August 24th, 2007So, Tuesday I had an electrician in and he did the basic “rough-in” wiring, which means he hung the little blue boxes that go behind the drywall and hold the outlets and switches, drilled holes in the studs for all the wire to go through, and so on. He hung up two boxes for smoke [...]
Shame of Which Nation?
Friday, August 24th, 2007So let me get this straight: big budget Hollywood flicks have always been the province of hard-hitting political fare, and can be made in under a year, from initial green-light to release, and always timely. Small indie films, on the other hand, are… light and airy, slow to make, and tend to transcend the political [...]
Quickly, Listen
Thursday, August 23rd, 2007A friendly acquaintance from the Detroit con “scene,” Yanni Kuznia, has had her voice immortalized in a promotional audiobook of Charles DeLint’s Promises to Keep from Subterranean Press. All you need to know is at the second link there. Sadly, Yanni hasn’t mastered the art of updating her website, so… old info at the first [...]
Dining at Mr. E’s
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007As happens on a pretty regular basis, it looks like Soldier Systems Command of the US Army is testing some more menu options with the venerable MREs (Meals Ready to Eat, three lies in one, Meals Refused by Ethiopians, Meals Refusing to Exit, Meals Ready to Excrete and, my personal favorite “Mr. E’s”, or, “mysteries.”) [...]
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