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For those of you not in the know, Shadow Unit is... uh... Y'know, just go click the link. It is TEH AWESOME. Police procedural meets urban fantasy. Fulfill your love of detective stories AND your love of monsters AT THE SAME TIME!!!1!!PONIES!!Seriously, good stuff. Go check it out. You can read it for free on their site to check it out, but ( Read more... ) -
3D printing? Hell yes!
Thing-o-matic!
Do you know what's awesome about this thing? It takes a bunch of computer data AND TURNS IT INTO A REAL THING. Is there anything about that that isn't awesome? No! Nothing about it is less than totally awesome!
Now to start working on a plan to convince Andrea that it's a Good Idea (TM) to have one of these in the house... -
This
Yes, indeed.
(It's Scalzi, apparently in a serious mood. It's entitled "Things I don't have to think about today", and it's worth the read.) -
Black Blade Blues, by J.A. Pitts
Just finished reading Black Blade Blues, by J.A. PittsThe book follows Sarah, a young lesbian who's an apprentice smith. She reforges a magic sword and ends up fighting all sorts of mythical creatures in modern-day Seattle. Along the way, she fights her destiny, meets all sorts of interesting creatures, screws up her life good and proper, and ( Read more... ) -
A very short story
Something I sent Andrea earlier today that I thought I'd share. (Some days, I am too easily amused ( Read more... ) -
Long overdue update
I set myself a goal. I think everyone reading this already knows the outcome, but just in case there's anyone I haven't seen in a while who's curious ( Read more... ) -
Oh yeah
I set myself a goal just over two months ago: by Canada Day, I would weigh under 220.
I commented a month ago that maybe I wasn't being ambitious enough.
I forgot to mention that I beat that challenge a week ago, and now weigh under 217.
Am I happy with myself? Let me put it this way... FUCK YES(For those keeping score at home... Since writing ( Read more... ) -
I signed away my soul again
Yup, I took the plunge and reinstalled WoW and reactivated my account. Things are both very different and very familiar. I had a grand ol' time last night slaughtering demon pigs (once I remembered how to attack... it was pretty embarrassing standing there getting gored half to death because I couldn't remember what button to push), which was ( Read more... ) -
Well, I guess I won't be buying from Amazon for a while...
Amazon has yanked all print and eBook versions of Macmillan books in a dispute over pricing of eBooks. Basically, Macmillan wants to be able to sell eBooks at a variety of prices, Amazon wants every eBook at the same price ( Read more... )