XKCD on relationships with insecure men, with devastating accuracy. In other "ouch" news, I've had a low-level migraine for about a month. Time to locate the neurologist's phone number, methinks. … [Read more...] about Ouch.
Gifts for Writers
When people who do not write try to buy gifts for writers, they often get it wrong. Books Specific books — things you think your writer might enjoy — a bad choice in most cases. We're picky as hell. We have piles of books we intend to read that we haven't gotten … [Read more...] about Gifts for Writers
Twilight in Fifteen Minutes
Twilight in Fifteen Minutes — Scathing and brilliant. … [Read more...] about Twilight in Fifteen Minutes
Another WordPress plugin: Assign Missing Categories
I've written another WordPress plugin as a result of one of my client projects. After I imported old blog posts from Blogger into WordPress, all the Blogger tags had become WordPress categories. That was a huge number of categories, so I used the category-to-tag converter on the … [Read more...] about Another WordPress plugin: Assign Missing Categories
Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA.
Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA. — Heroes of the week. … [Read more...] about Harvard Law prof and two students go after the RIAA.
G-speak
The Minority Report hand-waving computer interface is now real. Its users will have the best toned arms in the office. … [Read more...] about G-speak
The Matrix runs on Windows.
The Matrix runs on Windows. Ow. It hurts to laugh that hard. … [Read more...] about The Matrix runs on Windows.
Google flu trends
Google flu trends — doing something useful with all those searches for "flu symptoms." … [Read more...] about Google flu trends
Cake. In a mug.
Cake. In a mug. … [Read more...] about Cake. In a mug.
The new Watchmen posters are oooh, shiny.
The new Watchmen posters are oooh, shiny. … [Read more...] about The new Watchmen posters are oooh, shiny.