Gōng Xǐ Fā Cái!

January 23, 2012

Happy Year 4710, the Year of the Water Dragon! (Now where’s my red envelope?)  

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Workshops (With Me In Them)

January 22, 2012

If you’re beginning your writing career, or if you’d like to begin your writing career, there are any number of fine workshops that might help you on your way. Only two of these, however, have me in them.  (And you want me in your workshop, you really do.) One of these is Taos Toolbox, a [...]

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“Better Read That Contract, Mister I-Wanna-Be-In-The-iBooks Store”

January 21, 2012

Apple has just released its long-awaited iBooks Author, its application to convert a text file into an ebook suitable for sale in the iBooks Store. But, according to our friends at venomous porridge, you should read your End-User License Agreement (EULA) very carefully before you download the application, because Apple demands control over what you [...]

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Farewell Johnny

January 20, 2012

The Godfather of Rhythm and Blues, Johnny Otis, died today at the age of ninety.  The long, joyful ride of the Johnny Otis Show has finally come to an end. Johnny Otis was the son of Greek immigrants, but his wholehearted adoption of black culture and music led a lot of fans (including me) to [...]

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Brief Interruption

January 18, 2012

This page will be shut down on Wednesday, January 18, as a protest against forthcoming SOPA/PIPA legislation, which would severely affect the ability of the Internet to do what it does best: serve as the greatest force for free speech, liberty, and cooperation in the history of the world.* How would this work?  Here’s what [...]

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Rule Four

January 17, 2012

  Sometime back, I posted My Three Laws, in which I posit laws of the universe which I seem to have been the first to discover, or at least to articulate. I think I’ve just come up with a fourth. Williams’ Law #4: The Internet will never love you. Discuss.

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What Should I Be Reading?

January 16, 2012

Lately I’ve been reading some Worthy Novels.  You know the kind: they’re well-written, have well-developed characters, and situations that ought to be interesting but somehow aren’t.  There isn’t anything wrong with these books: they just aren’t very exciting. Somewhere along the line the author took a turn into Plodsville.  Finishing them felt more like a [...]

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When One Person Matters . . .

January 13, 2012

In our bustling world of seven billion people, it’s all to easy to lose track of what one individual might be able to accomplish.  How likely is it that a single private individual, spurred by conscience and moral conviction, can put into action the forces that could overthrow the established tyranny of, say, Moammar Qaddafi. [...]

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Gods Love Kinky Pizza

January 12, 2012

No, I don’t understand it either. And I should probably put out a little “Adult Content” warning.  I mean, you see flying parts! And man, I want to know where I can find those boots.

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Radio Zeta

January 11, 2012

The Zetas, Mexico’s ultra-violent drug cartel, is now reported as having their own encrypted radio net. Since 2006, the cartels have maintained an encrypted DIY radio network that stretches across nearly all 31 Mexican states, even down south into Guatemala. The communications infrastructure of the narco-gangs that have turned Mexico into a gangster’s paradise consists [...]

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