Archive for February, 2011
The Protests are not limited to the Middle East
February 25th 2011 at 2:32 pm
The global media’s attention is focused on the revolutions sweeping through North Africa and the Middle East, with Egypt – and to a lesser extent Tunisia – being most prominent. But not all revolutions are blessed with this level of attention. The West African nation of Gabon is currently also in popular revolt. What, you [...]
The Alchemist and The Executioness up for an Audie Award
February 24th 2011 at 4:44 pm
This is so very cool. But I just found out that The Alchemist and The Executioness are up for an Audie Award in Original Work category! The winners will be announced at a banquet in NYC May 24. The award-nominated audiobook is actually on sale right now at Audible.com for $5.97! Subterranean Press did the [...]
Ask A Writer is back on Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing ep. 116
February 24th 2011 at 1:52 pm
Hey, the latest episode of Adventures in Sci Fi Publishing has the return of Ask A Writer. That’s where someone aks AiSFP a question, Shaun passes it on to me, I record an answer, and it becomes a part of AiSFP: Today’s question comes from Dale, who asks about creating similes and comparisons from an [...]
Correlation between union membership and state deficits
February 23rd 2011 at 3:05 pm
Here’s a great chart that maps the state, whether it has deficits, and what sort of union participation it has. Any correlation? Go see for yourself! Also on deck, do studies show that WI public employees make more than their counterparts? Stats are not so clear. And if they’re not so clear, than that’s a [...]
[Link Dump] Catching up
February 22nd 2011 at 8:16 pm
Robin D. Laws has released the table of contents of The New Hero vol. 1. I’ll have a story in Vol. 2, so I’m looking forward to seeing that when it comes out. I’m interviewed by the fun folks at the SF Signal podcast. I had a chance to really get to hang out with [...]
RIP Ginger
February 22nd 2011 at 1:51 pm
Over the past weeks our Collie has been struggling to stand, and falling down the two steps leading out of the garden (and falling down in the garden). Her quality of life was getting worse in other ways. Ginger, standing watch over the babies when we came home, with a ‘summer cut’ (Collies have soooo [...]
Futures markets betting against Libya, Bahrain dictators remaining in power
February 22nd 2011 at 12:11 pm
Freakonomics lists the InTrade market futures contracts: Libya — Gadaffi: 83% Bahrain — Al Khalifa: 62% Yemen — Ali Abdullah Saleh: 48%
Futureshock
February 21st 2011 at 4:54 pm
From Reuters: Egypt’s army said Monday that Libyan border guards had withdrawn from their side of the border between the two North African states, according to a posting on the army’s Facebook page The army’s Facebook page. I marvel.
North African & Middle East protests continue
February 20th 2011 at 12:35 pm
It’s been hard to keep up, but protests are spreading all throughout North Africa. In Morocco, tens of thousands are out protesting, although the tenor depends on which of the four major cities. In the broader context of the Arab world, Morocco has one particularly unique feature: Whereas other countries in the region often have [...]
