I am a writer, that means I make money off of my intellectual property. This does not mean I like digital rights management in any way, shape, or form. Here is an object lesson why. I don’t even blame Microsoft for giving the finger to all their former MSN Music Read more…
I just caught two rather synchronous internet implosions in rather quick succession. Both are object lessons in how the internet doesn’t care what you really meant. The one implosion happened from a post on Tess Gerritsen’s blog that inspired a incredulous response on the Dear Author blog. Which is sort Read more…
Economic stimulus, YEA! But, please note the oddity in the following scenario: I do my taxes, and per usual, am cutting the Government a honking big check. So we’re in the position of sending them about $2500 (over and above what we’ve given them to date) so they can give Read more…
You may have heard about the move Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed which apparently exposes the vast conspiracy of the scientific establishment to keep “Intelligent Design” from being taught in science classes alongside Evolution. This is sort of like the Yankees making a movie bemoaning the NFL’s conspiracy to keep them Read more…
When did it become acceptable to blatantly lie in internet ads? Are we just so desensitized from all the Nigerian Viagra Lotteries that it just washes over us? Is it a default assumption now that all banner ads are written by Russian script-kiddies playing with an exploit they found for Read more…
Ok, there are some internet folks out there that need a whopping cluebat of perspective. May I please provide your clue: Sexual solicitation is a non-partisan activity Spending $20 bucks for a blow job in an airport bathroom my be sleazier than buying the service of a $5000 call girl Read more…
No, don’t get too excited. But, in regards to my last weekly asshat’s asshattery, an apparently otherwise intelligent blogger, in posting her own rebuttal, suffered an extreme case of foot-in-mouth disease: […] romance novels […] are not “books”, as that word is normally used. They are either tools for relaxation Read more…
Presented for your consideration, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of California. Whose attitude toward the free flow of information on teh interwebz seems cribbed from North Korea. Apparently a swiss bank is somewhat miffed at Wikileaks.org a website organized by a bunch of journalists and other activists whose primary mission Read more…
Reading Scalzi’s great posts on making a living as a writer got me to thinking about the worst piece of career advice I ever got: “Take some brainless low-paying job just to make ends meet so you can devote all your creative energy to work on your writing.” Do me Read more…
Today I got a new book spam. This has come to me via Media E-Blast, a company whose name was coined by someone in a desperate attempt to make unsolicited spam and e-mail harvesting all respectable and Web 2.0ish. Here’s my first piece of advice: Paying some “consultant” to make Read more…