Steampunk can bite you in the ass

October 31st 2005 at 10:06 pm

Apparently Chris Elliot thought there was an actual steam powered robot used by Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and included it in a fictional work.

Dowp!

The Moon Is Always Full

October 31st 2005 at 10:05 pm

Charlie Finlay has a story up at Strange Horizons today, The Moon is Always Full. I like the way he dances around the central conceit of the story.

Japan No Longer Pacifist

October 30th 2005 at 8:35 pm

Japan removes the ‘defense only’ clause of their constitution, as well as rewrote a part that allows political leaders to attend war shrines.

On Collections

October 30th 2005 at 8:33 pm

Jeff VanderMeer has a review of Sonya Taaffe’s author collection, as well as some ruminations on author collections. The comments are just as interesting as the idea of when an author should come out with a collection is discussed.

How Stuff Works: Zombies

October 29th 2005 at 8:02 pm

How Stuff Works, which has to be one of my favorite web resources (wish I had that when I was a kid), has a whole section on zombies.

100 Days to Launch

October 29th 2005 at 9:32 am

In 100 days Crystal Rain will available on the shelves. That’s a magic number…

Is it sad that I have a countdown timer in my dashboard?

Deskloops

October 28th 2005 at 11:41 pm

I saw a neat online download for windows users called ‘Deskloops,’ a better way to get an overview of your open windows. Looks slick.

Emergency Landing, Okay, Take off, not so good

October 28th 2005 at 9:40 am

You just can’t make this stuff up:

BAKER, La. — A pilot who had landed safely on a busy highway after running out of fuel hit two parked vehicles and crashed in front of television crews when he tried to take off again

Huh, Sulu’s Gay

October 28th 2005 at 9:38 am

I sense… the feeling of fan fic slashers walking around muttering ‘I knew it‘ all at once.

Dentist Success

October 26th 2005 at 8:26 pm

My last visit to the dentist for two cavities failed as they Novocain didn’t numb.

I was back today. So the first step was taking a round of Percoset and some other drugs ahead of time that left me amazingly relaxed about two hours before going to the dentists.

Once there they slapped me into the chair […]