Dido has a new album coming out in September (at last!) and evidently David Boreanaz stars in the first video. Spiff. (via Whedonesque) Another long-overdue event: Verisign can now be held accountable for their dumb mistakes. It is to be hoped that they will now be sued out of … [Read more...] about Grab Bag
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Bye
I'm taking a break from the net for a little while in order to focus on writing. I'll be back… eventually… … [Read more...] about Bye
Weekend treat
Judging books by their covers: book reviews based solely on the dust jackets. Lovely stuff. See you Monday! … [Read more...] about Weekend treat
Authorlink
It's not often that I find a site so awful I feel the need to point it out in public, but today I ran across one of those exceptions. Authorlink, a site supposedly featuring resources for writers, is so terribly organized that, if they hired me to redo it, I can't even say where … [Read more...] about Authorlink
Netscape dead; long live Mozilla
This has been talked about everywhere, but I know some of my readers don't keep up with tech news, so here you go. As was expected once AOL settled their lawsuit against Microsoft in May, they've laid off the remaining Netscape team and killed the project. However, they've also … [Read more...] about Netscape dead; long live Mozilla
Entertainment
For the past week or so, when I haven't been busy cleaning my apartment or building my mom's new site, I've been entertained. I've gone through Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden mysteries at a record pace. I've started on her Lily Bard series, but that might get derailed … [Read more...] about Entertainment
Light reading
Over at Weirdsmobile, Sandra explains why women find scrawny loners in novels intriguing, if not downright attractive. I'm a movie-Snape admirer, but I can definitely sympathize with the other point of view. Elsewhere on the same site, the Fiction Bitch critiques short fiction … [Read more...] about Light reading
The importance of the humble bullet point
I was skimming over the IMDB home page this morning, and the top two headlines caught my eye: * John Leguizamo Weds Schwarzenegger Pumps Up American Soldiers I didn't see the bullets at first—not the first time that's happened on this page—and I read "John … [Read more...] about The importance of the humble bullet point
Short takes: politics
No siree, no weapons of mass destruction here. Our president seems to think that our troops are supermen. Check out Hanoch Piven's brilliant caricatures, mostly made with household items. Flash player required, and in this case, worth it. … [Read more...] about Short takes: politics
Traveling, and Paint
Back from Corpus. My eyes feel like sandpaper and my brain feels like mud. I look forward to Friday, and hope that the tropical storms stay in the Gulf where they belong. Bob Vila's Paint Designer is exactly the tool I've been wishing I could find, and yet it's evil and I wish … [Read more...] about Traveling, and Paint
