Well, 2002 didn't suck, despite two job changes and a distinct lack of progress on the publishing front. Thanks to everyone who made it not suck. Tonight or tomorrow I will relate my adventures over the holidays. For now, I would like to point out that Sweet Home Alabama, My … [Read more...] about Year in Review
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Holy shit….
Mafia has taken over the New York publishing scene, apparently in much the same way that Thing has become the late-night game of choice during writing workshops. Too funny. (via Boing Boing) … [Read more...] about Holy shit….
Ah, Vanity
In other news, my hair and I are friends again. I'm glad that a couple of days ago, when I wanted to chop it off and/or spiral perm it, my better judgment won. (Conditioner. Conditioner is the key.) … [Read more...] about Ah, Vanity
mmorlandobloomyumyum
Anyone besides me not getting anything done today? … [Read more...] about mmorlandobloomyumyum
Busy morning roundup
The Onion's Two Towers infographic: "Much like hero Frodo Baggins, many married viewers would like to cast their burdensome rings back into the fiery chasm whence they came." Lots of stuff from the SciFi Wire: Buffy cartoon not dead yet, more Max Headroom (maybe), Matrix … [Read more...] about Busy morning roundup
Another one bites the dust
Whoa… DirecTV DSL is history. That's pretty surprising given how often – and how recently – they've been showing the DSL commercials during DirecTV-specific commercial slots. … [Read more...] about Another one bites the dust
Afternoon catchup
No lunch writing today; went out with friends instead. Getting twitchy… must write soon. More on Building Accessible Websites: finally finished chapter 6. Bleh. Chapter 7 was OK but its subject (Text and Links) is pretty hard to screw up. Chapter 8, Navigation, is a gold … [Read more...] about Afternoon catchup
The server saga continues…
Apache and Perl are installed but not playing nicely together like good little children should. MySQL is, I'm told, also installed. PHP is too, but it needs some configuring. Movable Type isn't installed yet. Gotta get Perl working first. Argh. … [Read more...] about The server saga continues…
Weekend writing
More writing not yet typed: Friday lunch (1 page?), Saturday on the side of the road on the way to San Antonio (1 page), Sunday on my Visor during Christmas carols at church (roughly half a page). Technically that last snippet is typed, but not in a format I can count words … [Read more...] about Weekend writing
The secret garden
There's a secret garden on the Blogroots site: an introduction to blogging, what blogs are, and how to get started. Nicely done. (Actually, it may not qualify as a secret garden at all, because I don't think it's linked to anything on the Blogroots site.) … [Read more...] about The secret garden
