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thinking about Hugo nominations, II
Since the last time I'd written about the Hugo awards I've been catching up. So, putting together a list of all my 2010 novels read, my nominations as of right now look something like:
1. Super Sad True Love Story, Gary Shteyngart
2. Surface Detail, Banks
3. Terminal World, Alastair Reynolds
4-5: Still Deciding...[possibly The Magicians [edit: 2009 ( Read more... ) -
All winter in a day...
I am, like many who live in this part of California, waiting to see if the snow levels tomorrow will drop below 500 feet.
Snow in the hills here happens a few times most winters.
Snow on the ground? A few times in a century.
Here's the last time, Feb 6, 1976. [and SF snow pics going back to 1882.]
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Burning Man tickets now on sale
If you've been thinking about Burning Man, today's the day to buy tickets.
1. The prices go up later
2. It'll be a good incentive to get ready
3. If you later on cannot go, selling the ticket to another person is easy and will make their day, as your ticket will be less expensive than the current price.Joyful Boxing Day Eve!
Happy Holidays from Toronto!
The CN Tower lit up for the holidays (with constantly changing colors, although it always turned blue when I pressed the shutter button), and the College of Arts (on stilts)
( The CN Tower lit up for the holidays, and the College of Arts (on stilts) )20 words is harder than 200 words is harder than 2000 words: work
I've had to do different types of writing this week at work: several days of working in the thousands of words, then several days of writing up short paragraphs, and then, today, careful editing of someone else's essay, where I added or replaced about 20 words ( Read more... )on unread books
I have, in my car, three unread books ( Read more... )The Camera as a de-cluttering tool: comment copy
Like redrose3125 , I posted a comment re: decluttering (http://ozarque.livejournal.com/642105.html) I'd like to keep (with a few extra notes here, in italics). The commenter I responded to makes the key point "if I take a digital photo of something, I can enjoy the photo whenever I like without ( Read more... )MakerFaire!
Who is going to Maker Faire, that fun celebration of DIY art, technology and science coming up this weekend?
I'll be there the whole time, going as core crew for one of the maker booth.
Here's a preview of Maker Faire from BoingBoing.
Location:
San Mateo County Fairgrounds
Saturday 10-8
Sunday 10-6
Read the details if you're driving-- they've added ( Read more... )Update: a good mango
The Mango of Doom was certainly a tasty mango, but it didn't put all previous mangoes to shame. It had a slightly more complex flavor than what I'm used to, with just a hint of... I'd say licorice, but not evil like licorice ( Read more... )