I have decided I’m going to take an unpublished book of mine and split it into three or four sections with the intent of offering them as serial novellas. The book has been through several publishing houses and received positive comments (so I know it’s “good,” whatever that means in this context), but no commitments. […]
Read More ...WotF Writers on the Prediction Trail
It’s been said that Skiffy writers don’t predict the future, but instead they propose and explore options. Here’s an article that begs to differ. Lots of fun bits here. Share Me
Read More ...Monkeys, the Next New Market?
File this under the heading that it’s not only people who are strange. # In my “day off” yesterday, I ran into a pair of interesting videos about economics in the monkey community. That last isnot a sentence I every thought I might type in my lifetime, but it is proof that the world is […]
Read More ...Eat Like A Gold Medal Winner
You just have to love some headlines, eh? Such as this one: Why Some Olympic Athletes Need to Gorge. The answer is obvious, right? They need to eat thousands of calories because they burn thousands of calories. Well, duh. On the other hand, these athletes are the ultimate example of what I mean when I […]
Read More ...Unsticking it to the Man
Here’s an interesting TED talk on learning that also has an element of how the world is changing as a global entity. Lots of exciting stuff in the future, eh? # If you’re interested in piracy and the business of indie publishing then I think it’s important you read David Lowery’s response to a letter […]
Read More ...The World Gets a Little Smaller
In an interview back a bit ago, I mentioned that I thought the world would be getting more global (well, duh, right?). Here’s an example of something cool and gadgety that will almost certainly make it more fun. Can’t wait to see it when it gets to be a commodity. 🙂 Share Me
Read More ...Crusher Jones
It’s definitely time to plug my bro a bit. Definitely. For those of you who are newish to ths place or those whose memory doesn’t hold onto a few very esoteric comments here and there that I’ve embedded in other posts in the ditant path, Jeff is a really great guitarist who set out west […]
Read More ...Three-Card Health Care?
Thought for the day: the thing that has me most worried about the health care debate in the US is not whether ObamaCare is terrible or whether the punishment for not buying insurance is a tax or not. It’s that the politicians and health care providers seem to have us exactly where they want us–arguing […]
Read More ...People Staring at Computers
I read this a few days back off someone’s Twitter feed. I can’t remember who, so sorry I can’t attribute it properly. It’s long, of course. But it’s interesting on a lot of levels–anything having to do with privacy and “hackers” (meaning anything done with computers and a sufficiently creative mindset) and the secret service […]
Read More ...The Artifact?
Someday, a long time from now, an archaeologist is going to open up a dig and find an ink pen. It won’t work, of course. Unless it’s being depicted in a bad science fiction film. In that case it will be a magic pen complete with … well … let’s not give away my next […]
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