December 2009
50 posts
Still somewhat incommunicado →
By which I mean this:
Boy I have missed this town.
Tomorrow, we’re heading down south for my first ever visit to our nation’s capitol. (And Kaylee’s, but whatever.)
I’m warming up a…
Updates for the week of 2009-12-27 →
Oh man. @kim_stone made: http://bit.ly/6QoGBv. I’m making this: http://bit.ly/890Mfy. @daphneun’s rocking a turkey. I need a gym, STAT. #
I am giving myself a pass on podcasts until…
Home →
Home’s a funny thing for me. My home’s in Denver, Colorado, thanks very much. It’s also in the middle of South Dakota, and maybe a little bit in Sioux Falls.
And it’s in New York. God, but I love…
Happy Ninja Christmas →
Ho Ho Huh?
Have a Merry Ninja Christmas.
More gaming stuff soon. Promise. Share:
Merry Christmas, almost. →
You remember how the networks used to just broadcast a looping video of a yule log so everyone at the station could go home?
Well…
Don’t say I never gave you anything.
We’ll be on a…
Holiday Gift Giving Guide for the People Who Piss... →
Bad as in evil, or bad as in bad? You decide.
So as the end-of-year looms, I find I have a few gifts still to buy, mostly for for people that annoy me, or due to situations that annoy…
Glimpse Into the Future? | A Casual Stroll to... →
Updates for the week of 2009-12-20 →
The Mood Ring: What To Do With Mood In Your Story? (http://j.mp/5i7pxZ) – @chuckwendig speaks truth. #
Much audio-wrangling, but pretty productive all around. @Cyface let me study the…
Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my... →
… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my…
Avatar: my thoughts, my opinions, my... →
… and my background: with the exception of Piranha Part Two: The Spawning, I’ve seen all of James Cameron’s movies at least three times. Yeah, even Titanic (though the third time was against my…
Extracting the Signal from the Noise →
Over on Twitter today, I linked to three of the seven parts of an analysis of the Phantom Menace that was posted over on YouTube, and which I initially found on /Film: 70-Minute Video Review of…
Adrift, Episode 12 (podcast) →
Starting to get the hang of this: one hour to record, clean up, render, and upload.
… and a nice little bit with Deirdre that I don’t even think Kate’s heard before.
Comments, as always, welcome….
Keyboard evolution →
So I’m teaching a basic business writing class last night, and someone asked about whether or not they should double-space after periods and colons. I said that that had been the rule at one time,…
Why does YA rule? →
I have a basic business writing and grammar class to teach today, so this is short, but I wanted to toss it out for discussion.
This spun off of a conversation I was having with my wife. For those…
What I’ve learned about Bowling →
Tonight marks the conclusion of the fall season of the bowling league in which I, my wife, and several of my game-geek friends participate.
It’s fun. Shut up.
In a way, it’s a weird return to my…
Adrift, Episode 11 (podcast) →
I will never be able to convey how much Tim White has helped me with this podcast. Lost of audio wrangling today, and some great editing tips that cut my total time-on-podcast work down by half….
Big Problems, Little Solutions: E-book Publishing... →
Yesterday’s post generated a lot of interest. And emotion, yes, but mostly interest. If I can be allowed to revisit that post for a second, I’d like to sum the whole thing up like so:
Ignore…
The Future, the Past, Willful Ignorance, and Simon... →
(In which I probably guarantee that I won’t be published by Simon and Schuster.)
Preface
I waited a day to talk about this, because I was pretty mad and ranty about it yesterday. Having given it…
Adrift, Episode 10 (podcast) →
I did something wrong with the mic controls on this one, so there’s a hiss. A bit shorter than normal, also, but a nice bit for both Finn and Jon when they see an old friend.
And another little…
Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out... →
More on the Descriptions: the When and Why →
So after De asked for it, and I thought about it, and I read her post, I figured I knew what she was asking about with regard to descriptions. Then I wrote a post about that thing I…
My Rules for the Internet (and other things) →
Last night, I linked to a post by Merlin Mann over on tumblr, where he laid out an off the cuff list of rules for the internet. It struck me, so I quoted it here because (a) it was too long for…
A short course on surviving the web: →
Everything’s amplified. Except subtlety.
Say things you believe are true.
No one understands; no one cares.
Never explain yourself.
Apologize less; think more.
Avatars aren’t people; people…
I don't know how anybody with a remotely high...
indefensible:
A little while ago I posted something about ‘conspicuous compassion’. Like a lot of what I do on this blog it wasn’t tremendously considered. Sure, it’s my honestly held opinion, but I didn’t spend a lot time composing the post or thinking about what people’s reactions to it might be. Hardly anybody reads my blog (except you, dear and precious friend) and I think that most people...
I don't know if I entirely agree, but...
merlin:
indefensible:
I don’t know how anybody with a remotely high profile on the internet stops themselves from climbing to the top of a tall building to pick people off with a marksman’s rifle….
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It’s been a small dirty window to internet fame.
Thing is: the internet’s made of IP addresses, opinions, and assholes. It’s what’s there. That’s the basic equipment.
A short...
A short course on surviving the web: →
On Descriptions and Breathing →
On Descriptions and Breathing – doyce testerman →
Updates for the week of 2009-12-06 →
SPECIAL SQUASH CASSEROLE →
The hardest thing, following NaNoWriMo, is to keep... →
Adrift, Episode 9 (podcast) →
Doycean White Chili →
Adrift: Episode 8 (podcast) →
The Compiled NaNoWriMo Posts →