I dunno. It's like something in my head has shaken loose, or perhaps I had a head full of rubbish that looked like a really bad go at Tetris, and an inspired bout of button-jabbing has slid a selection of 5x1 blocks into the depths of the mess and made it all collapse away under its own weight ( Read more... )

... And that, I think, is an illustration to myself exactly how easy it is to get out of the swing of writing stuff down. Well, in weblog/LJ format, anyway. Writing stuff down longhand about things I made up on the spot has become much less unproductive ( Read more... )

... Which means that paying attention to what startup orgs in unfamiliar TLDs are trying to sell us will tell us much about the disturbing urges of the future:


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That there BattleStargate Voyager Universe thing, right?

Might be a good thing. I was cheered to note that Scalzi is creative consultant. On the other hand, The last starfighter (or Ender's game) isn't/aren't that good ( Read more... )

Anyone else want to have a crack at walking the Malverns? Perhaps even next month.

I'm probably terrible for thinking this, and likely destroying many years of peaceful teachings, but every time I see the Dalai Lama I can't help thinking that he just needs a cigarette holder and a pair of LL Bean shorts. At that point a remarkable transformation would occur and the world would be a more interesting place.

A slight downside to the ride into work is that since I'm filled with endorphins (although I'm sure I read that the 'runner's/cyclist's high' was a complete myth the other month) I'm fit for nothing but staring out of the window and smiling beatifically at things ( Read more... )

Years ago, I read a short story that, as far as I could recall over the weekend, involved a PI dealing with rum coves who travelled hither and yon by means of mirrors. I posted a YASID on the splendid and hand-tooled Making Light, and was quickly informed that it was likely 'The unpleasant profession of Jonathan Hoag'. A quick poke at the ( Read more... )

In one of the several threads to this fine posting, the numismatic emmelinemay writes:

I'm starting to realise that men really can't comprehend what it's like, unless they've been a woman an had it happen to them. Your experiences are real, yes, and you felt horrible, and objectified, and it was unpleasant.
No, we can't. Yer average trannie may or may ( Read more... )

a) Late 80s 900: passenger-side sun visor - blank. Driver-side - sticker with tyre-pressures ( Read more... )