Archive for October, 2009
Kyle Cassidy braves the corn to visit Buckell HQ
October 31st 2009 at 2:04 pm
Kyle Cassidy is a pretty awesome dude. Of late his photography has been mentioned on Boing Boing (where I first encountered him), both his project “Where I Write: Science Fiction Authors in Their Creative Spaces” and the pictures of fans at Montreal Worldcon, though he’s done many more. They’re fairly amazing, and it’s no surprise [...]
Edgewater realized
October 29th 2009 at 11:23 am
In my story in Metatropolis I surmised the rise of private security forces taking over police duty in Detroit in the near future. Sadly, this is yet another aspect of the story I wrote coming true right now.
Halo Evolutions
October 27th 2009 at 2:23 pm
The table of contents and cover for Halo Evolutions is floating around the internet (I saw it listed at Kotaku this morning). It’s a collection of short stories all set in the Halo universe by a bunch of different authors.
The novella I wrote, Dirt, was something I threw myself into earlier this summer, and I [...]
Geocities: farewell old friend
October 26th 2009 at 5:59 pm
Today is the last day Geocities will exist.
I got my start on Geocities. Back in 1998 I created a website for a poetry class that formatted my poetry for the class. We were offered extra credit if we did something ‘tech’ related that semester. I thought it would be cool if, at the end of [...]
Another weekend passes by
October 26th 2009 at 1:33 pm
Thalia wants to know, how was your weekend?
On Saturday I hung out with Em and the kids, and then on Sunday went out and saw the Columbus Crew play the New England Revolution (we lost, 1-0). Someone gave us free tickets at the gate, which was pretty cool, and I blew the money I saved [...]
Do Excel and creativity go together?
October 24th 2009 at 12:07 pm
One of the chapters of Jeff VanderMeer’s excellent Booklife talks about creating boundaries within which your creativity can thrive. As a younger writer I was very resistant to the core of this concept. As a younger human being I was too. I was never one who took notes, or kept a calendar, or anything of [...]
You too could pilot a Zepellin NT
October 23rd 2009 at 9:52 am
So last night I was checking out the website for the Zeppelin NT that gives people rides over San Francisco and Silicon Valley, one of three in the world that you can pay to get a ride aboard.
While reading about it I also found out my dream vacation event: you can purchase, for $2,950 that [...]
The tyranny of the reboot after a writing absence
October 22nd 2009 at 10:52 am
Today I’m failing to follow my own advice (ass in chair, just do it!), struggling to get back into working on fiction. When I got sick on the 5th all the creative work stopped as I focused on freelance stuff and caring for everyone as best I could, then getting sick myself, then recovering. By [...]
The future of college education: burning man!
October 22nd 2009 at 10:00 am
I flagged this interesting article on Futurismic that came out about the same time as the same thing appeared on Next Big Future. Both concern an online education source offered at $99 a month.
Ever since MIT opened its open courseware, I’ve been mulling over the future of universities and higher education. Futurismic put higher education [...]
Halo Encyclopedia launches today
October 19th 2009 at 11:42 am
I’ve been a huge fan of DK Publishing books since I was a wee lad in the Caribbean. One of my favorites was their book on Greek/Norse mythology that I had on my shelf.
Earlier this year I was approached and asked if I wanted to be a consultant for the Halo Encyclopedia. DK was looking [...]
