Last night, I waffled mightily over whether or not to turn on the TV set and see if the train-wreck-in-progress would stick to the rails -- any rails -- any better with Wan the Mighty Movie Director out of the picture.  I finally did, although a few minutes late.  (If there was a pre-credits sequence, I didn't see it.  Note that I do not say "I ( Read more... )

GNU Terry Pratchett

I've spent a good deal of time the last several days with Twitter open on a "Terry Pratchett" search, following a lot of links, reading many tributes, looking at fanart, occasionally posting things of my own.

Or, to put it another way, I've been participating in the global wake.  Because that's what it is.

( cut for length but shouldn't be disturbing )

I don't often gripe here, and I don't think I've ever done new-TV commentary here before.  But, well, I need to vent a little ( Read more... )

Dear Overseas Tech Company:

Just a hint -- if you're trying to sell your tech-based services in the US, services involving social media and the internet and all that, you might want to, you know, look online for information about the prospects you're cold-calling (or cold-emailing, in this case).  Then you would know who to contact, instead of ( Read more... )