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This remarkable clip is going around the web as I write this, but on the off chance you haven’t seen it, please watch this performance of “Stairway to Heaven” by Jason Bonham and Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart at the 35th Kennedy Center Honors ceremony… and pay close attention... Read more...
Here’s kind of a neat thing: author and doctor of clinical psychology Carolyn Kaufman has released a one-page body language cheat sheet of psychological “tells” (PDF link) fiction writers can use to dress their characters. As someone credited / blamed with a “cinematic” writing style, I’m always giving my characters... Read more...
I just read a piece over at Techdirt on the so-called “rise of e-singles.” Timothy Geigner describes these as “works of complete literature in the neighborhood of 8k-10k words,” and quotes Laura Hazard Owen at Paid Content as saying Amazon’s Kindle Singles store has “283 singles.” Owen writes that 2012... Read more...
I was thirteen years old when I discovered New Wave Theatre on channel 18 in 1980. A little while later, I found it again on the USA Network’s Night Flight (Night Flight deserves its own blog post, but the Wikipedia entry is pretty good, too.) Today, New Wave Theatre and... Read more...
You won’t need to hold it; don’t worry. There’s another toilet for able, young, virginal adults right next door. Also… doesn’t this sign make you wonder what they sell there? Snapped by Cliff Pickover, found on the web at Boing Boing, and presented here for your enjoyment and dismay. Read more...
Some of the things I found interesting, worthwhile, or fun on the Internet in the month of November, 2011: Life began with a planetary mega-organism Accompl.sh The Cognitive Benefits of Chewing Gum The Cult of Done Manifesto Brian Greene’s The Fabric of the Cosmos Seven Free Tools for Creating Your... Read more...
Today’s a day to celebrate, my friends — Tuesday, June 9, 2009 is the day J.C. Hutchins’ “Personal Effects: Dark Art” officially appears on the front tables and end-caps of bookstores all over North America. Me, I’m celebrating for a few reasons. First and foremost: J.C. Hutchins is a friend... Read more...
Boing Boing blogger Cory Doctorow linked to a blog post about Ethan Zuckerman’s encounter in Western Massachusetts with an enumerator doing address canvassing for the 2010 United States census. Zuckerman interviewed the census worker about the Harris HTC, the handheld device used to confirm addresses and map locations in preparation... Read more...
(Yeah, I know, I rarely post any more. I’ll talk about that in another post. Hardy har har!) I just had another brief flirtation with Ubuntu, on both my laptop and desktop. It’s still not quite a keeper for me, but I did discover that very nearly every cool, free,... Read more...
Whew. I’m back in the coffeehouse where I write in the morning before going to work. It’s in a town right next to Ontario, California, where the Podcast and New Media Expo was held. Ontario might be down the road, but the PNME, the Residence Inn, the Doubletree, the Marriott,... Read more...