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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 UnitYUM. (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.

March 15, 2008

How to Impress an Editor

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Writing & Publishing 101

The Web Design for Authors series has evolved into Paged Media, a web design company devoted to authors

elsewhere

LOL Firefly: Jaynestown — Put down liquids before clicking the clicky. (via Mike in chat)

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Barcodes as art from Japan and Russia — brilliant stuff. (via Jeremy Tolbert)

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The 20 Worst Foods in America — Chili’s and On the Border are conspiring to kill you.

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OH JOHN RINGO NO. — I think I just ruptured something. (via the other Steph)

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Maureen McHugh’s collection Mothers & Other Monsters free to download from Small Beer. The more I read on my iPhone, the more I appreciate plain text or HTML versions of free online things. PDFs work, but they scroll oddly. (via GalleyCat)

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The Open Source Swift Kick to the Balls Project and the Open-Source Knuckle Sandwich Project are both excellent reactions to the Open Source Boob Project. As Harlan Ellison has taught us, SF cons are rife with unwanted groping. Publicizing what should have been a private party, and recommending that it be extended to other cons, is ill-conceived and inconsiderate as hell.

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Learn to count cards with Mr. 21 in a bunch of handy video tutorials

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Signet drops Cassie Edwards, reverts book rights — In retrospect, it’s not at all surprising that it took them nearly four months to comb through all her books.

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Tales from Redesignland — “Where Web developers live and wish they could die”

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Successful Medical Necessity Defense in Texas Marijuana Case — There might yet be hope for this state.

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