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Congratulations to Mira Grant
Just watched the announcement of the names who will be on the ballot for Hugo awards this year. Congratulations to Mira Grant whose novel Feed is on the list - definitely my favourite novel of last year. -
I edit Wikipedia. Ask me How!
I am User:Filceolaire and I edit Wikipedia.
I tend to do small changes - grammer corrections, copy editting to make something flow better. Sometimes I add a fact or a citation. Here is a page listing My contributions.
If you have ever wanted to edit Wikipedia but weren't sure where to start then feel free to ask me anytime. -
Leeroy Jenkins and the US army
An interesting analysis by a US army officer of the US armys task in Iraq and what they need to do different if they are to succeed.
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A ClubHouse for the girls
So when a bunch of fan fic authors (mostly women) decide to create an Archive of their Own and the open source software to support it; how is that going to be different from the open source projects the boys have done?
One thing anyway - Fanfic authors are eventually going to RPF about the project and here it is A beautiful hymn to a software ( Read more... ) -
Reccommendations for Bujold fic
I couldn't get Cryoburn so I've been reading fan fic based on Lois McMaster Bujold's VorKosigan and Chalion stories at bujold-fic and at http://archiveofourown.org
Then mokatiki tweeted for me about the free copy of Cryoburn (and every other Vorkosigan novel, story, drabble or comment ever written by Ms ( Read more... ) -
Sherlock Holmes
Just watched Sherlock on BBC iPlayer with Telynor.
Wow. That was fun. This a retelling of the sherlock holmes stories set in todays London. They play it very straight but there are so many clever touches. Holmes fans will love it. Slashers will love it too. Of course Dr John Watson has a blog where he recounts the stories ( Read more... ) -
Citizendium vs Wikipedia
In a post here SJ draws attention to Citizendium's collapsing edit count ( Read more... ) -
I came accross this today
Found this today on http://www.layscience.net/node/818
The (Michael Young) Fund was established to disburse a small sum of money left by the late Michael Young who died in August 2000 shortly after his 100th birthday. He was not a good man - quite the opposite. He was strongly anti- ( Read more... )