Archive for the ‘internet’ Category
Monday, December 1st, 2008
I don't usually post similar posts back-to-back, but occasionally the stupid comes fast and furious and I can't help but stand by and mock. Since this all is my blog, I can do that. So, with this in mind I present to you the latest in a long line of ...
Posted in asshat, internet, lol, politics, rants | 4 Comments »
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Just discovered the Photoshop Disasters Blog, and in browsing their archives I discovered a post about some, er, interesting satellite imagery. Take a look at this pic of suburban Holland:
Even the semi-observant can see why this pic ended up on a site called Photoshop Disasters. Interestingly, Google must watch ...
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Perhaps you remember my post about this wonderful website brought to my attention by the Smart Bitches. That post was well intentioned, if completely clueless. Now the Smart Bitches have highlighted an equally craptastic post of a bit more sinister bent. I present to you "Got The Thing In Becoming ...
Posted in internet, publishing, rants, writing, wtf | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Over the weekend my DSL=gone. (Last post was actually in the queue before the outage) And while I had a tech scheduled to come out, the line problem fixed itself sometime early Monday. The roughly 36 hours without the Internet brought home exactly how much we rely on it now. ...
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
As we watch ignore the proceedings of the Democratic National Convention, I think it is time to reflect on the nominee who could have been. I am talking about a candidate of vision, of character, of purpose. A candidate who could have been a historic first if not ...
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Friday, August 22nd, 2008
(via swivet)
Michael Chabon has laid out to the LA Times just how the attitude of the Literati toward genre fiction ("oh, your genre has cooties") is kind of stupid.
There are a lot of people on both the pretentious literature side ("It was written well so it can't be science fiction!") ...
Posted in internet, science fiction, writing | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
To all the aspiring writers out there who want to make a bad impression and leave a permanently sour taste in the mouths of not only your readers but with anyone who's ever heard of you, Victoria Laurie has some tips for you. (Original post is gone, but once ...
Posted in asshat, intellectual property, internet, publishing, rants, writing | 14 Comments »
Friday, August 1st, 2008
UPDATE: Post is locked due to nasty flame war (hidden for your protection)
His rant is here, and somewhat predictably there are responses in the blogosphere ranging from laconic bemusement by Scalzi to rhetorical dismemberment on the Feminist SF Blog. I would like to add my own little can of ...
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Monday, July 28th, 2008
Politicians love child porn. It is the ultimate grandstanding issue. It is an issue with effectively no opposing side, after all, if you come out "against" child porn you've implicitly cast any opposition into the role of pedophiles and child molesters. There's no downside.Enter New York ...
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Nothing particularly profound, but I just created a Facebook profile. Just as with the blogging, I'm a little late to the scene, I guess after you hit 40 it just takes a lot more frigging effort to be hip.If you want to find me, just look for Steven Swiniarski. ...
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