Now, if I could only actually remember to post this weekly, I’d have a weekly feature! That’d be awesome! Anyway…
This week — today, in fact — brings us two bits of geek news that sort-of peg the WTFBBQ meter, along with some actually fun announcements. No reviews in this installment, however.
In which I ramble on about “Encounter at Farpoint”, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and a woman building a TARDIS.
Actually, let me start with the last thing first. I’m not blacked out because I have something to say, and the entire point of opposing SOPA and PIPA is to preserve the ability to speak freely without worrying about government or Big Media stomping us. Follow the links above to get a précis of what …
Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you. Which makes today the 20th …
Some time ago, looking to experiment with the new multi-site capability of private WordPress installs, I set aside a second URL, “fiction.radiofreeotomorrow.org“, and set up a second WP there. And then, promptly failed to do anything with it. Until today, when I finally posted the first chapter of something that’s been sitting around in my …
My social media use has become quite disarranged in recent months. I no longer really use LiveJournal. I’ve never used Facebook very heavily. I do use G+ and Twitter quite a bit but those don’t seem to be the best venues to expound on certain kinds of thoughts — good places to link back to, …
Some of you may be aware that I have now taken one more step into the realm of Living In the Future. I now work almost entirely out of my home, even though my official home office is in San Francisco. Even better, I’m telecommuting full-time while working for a company that builds solar power plants! …
I find the tone of this post to be more than a little irritating, but this article pretty much explains what’s going on with the “secret tracking file”.
[And no, I don't really expect anyone at Apple, except maybe my friend Mike Rawdon, to read this, but it's worth a shot]. Dear Apple: I am an advocate, nay, an absolute unfettered unapologetic lover of almost all your products. I just bought a new MacBook Pro; I stood on line on the first day …
Although there’s still some confusion about reliable sourcing, at this point, with the BBC willing to confirm it, it seems that actress Elisabeth Sladen, known best for the role of Sarah Jane Smith in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures has passed away at the age of 63. She had been ill for some …