Elsewhere Archives
April 9, 2008
61% of historians surveyed think Dubya is the worst president ever, and 98% label his presidency a failure. Their comments are scathing. (via DF)
1692 in America — daily dispatches from 1692: plans reconquer New Mexico, witch trials in Salem, grain shortages in Mexico, and pirates, war, and martial law in Jamaica.
Shift-Cmd-Cover — On being a book designer. “So … that’s the covers?”
April 8, 2008
Shadow Unit — YUM. (Yes, I am two months behind on my reading list. The online one. You don’t want to see the dead tree one.)
April 4, 2008
Dean! — We’ve all missed you lots. Glad you’re back.
April 3, 2008
The Graveyard Shift — a blog by Lee Lofland, author of Police Procedure and Investigation, A Guide For Writers
March 28, 2008
Charlie Jade coming to the Sci-Fi Channel (via Preston, who pointed me to the show in the first place) (my thoughts on it)
Judge a Book by its Cover — Thanks, Shaima, I’ll never get any work done again.
March 27, 2008
2008 Hugo Award nominees available to read online — a running list
March 24, 2008
Not news: Niven and Brin making flaming jackasses of themselves. News: Doing so at the behest of the Department of Homeland Security.
March 20, 2008
Absurd Entries in the OED (via DF)
March 19, 2008
LiveJournal’s new owners don’t think much of its users (via Tempest)
March 18, 2008
A More Perfect Union — sometimes everyone links to a thing because it really is that good. This is one of those times. (ETA: Daily Kos reports that it’s the first major speech written solely by the speaker in almost forty years.)
March 17, 2008
Match It For Pratchett — Help match Terry Pratchett’s $1 million (£500,000) donation to Alzheimer’s Research.
