Giz Explains: How To Fix the Airlines' Stupid Portable Gadget Rules — I'm traveling a lot in the next couple of months, so this is on my mind again. … [Read more...] about Giz Explains: How To Fix the Airlines’ Stupid Portable Gadget Rules
Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work!
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The best Scrivener tip ever
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The Theory of Twitter
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The Geek Squad needs to die in a fire.
Best Buy sells you backup plan, fails to back up your data, then replaces your hard drive. This is not an isolated incident (as a quick search for 'Geek Squad' demonstrates). Michael has a tidy side business rescuing people's data after the Geek Squad has failed to do their job … [Read more...] about The Geek Squad needs to die in a fire.
Awful Library Books
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Sundry updates
ArmadilloCon was delightful (except for the migraine and the insomnia, but those were my issues, not theirs). If you are a fan of Scott Lynch, keep your ears open this week for an announcement that is, as they say, relevant to your interests. Maybe two, even. Also, thanks to a … [Read more...] about Sundry updates
Using categories and tags as meta keywords
Your categories and keywords are valuable bits of metadata, but WordPress doesn't use them in its meta tags. Even the popular All in One SEO Pack plugin uses only categories, not tags. … [Read more...] about Using categories and tags as meta keywords
Hal Duncan’s open letter to John C. Wright
Hal Duncan's open letter to John C. Wright — alas, the LiveJournal post to which he's responding has been deleted. It was a pretty awesome piece of bigotry, and I tried to dig it out of my cache for your delectation, but it's gone. Hal gives you the gist, though. (ETA: An … [Read more...] about Hal Duncan’s open letter to John C. Wright
iCal/iPhone ArmadilloCon schedule
My congoing buddy Mike is entering this weekend's ArmadilloCon schedule into an iCalendar. It's public, so you can subscribe on your phone if you like. He has today's all the events in there so far, and I'll take up the data entry chore while he drives if need be. Of course, … [Read more...] about iCal/iPhone ArmadilloCon schedule
