And the SF novel I will read next is…

The results from my poll asking “What classic science fiction novel should I read next” are in. Taking the lead by just one vote is Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle’s The Mote In God’s Eye. Mote received 9 votes, followed by a tie for second place between The Lathe of Heaven and Have Spacesuit, Will Travel each [...]

Coming later this morning: Episode 14

Just a quick note to say that Episode 14 of my Vacation in the Golden Age will be out later this morning. I got delayed in finishing up the write up while following the big events of last night.

Addendum to My Social Network

I wanted to mention that the social network diagram on my social network post yesterday was created using Google Docs drawing application. I have been impressed by Google Docs. The applications are simple, which is to say they are not overloaded with features I don’t need or will never use (hear that, Microsoft?) but focus [...]

Testing again

Another test of Facebook integration.  Please ignore.

Sprinting

This evening I am making an end-run at finishing up Blackout by Connie Willis.  Each time I pick the book up, it gets more and more difficult to put down.  I promise to stop at the end of the chapter.  Then I read the first few words of the next chapter and before I know [...]

Recap

A quick recap of today’s dramatic events for those who might have missed them: 1. Very little sleep last night 2. Banged my knee on my desk 3. Busy day at work. No lunch 4. Grilled cheese for dinner 5. Off to bed a few minutes after Zachary End message.

A proliferation of bathrooms

Nerd moment of the day:  I spent part of the afternoon today cleaning bathrooms.  In doing so, it occurred to me that bathrooms in the houses in which I have lived since summer 2002 have increased exponentially as a function to each move.  The chart below illustrates this: I started with 1 bathroom when I [...]

If you saw some duplicate posts…

If you happened to seem some notices for older posts being reposted on LiveJournal, it was a screw-up on my part.  I was attempting to import entries to my WordPress blog and forgot to turn off the LJ-reposter so that older posts were getting reposted as they were imported.  I think I stopped it before [...]

Two rejections before noon

I received two story rejections before noon today, and in some ways, they were oddly juxtaposed.  The first one was from a professional market to which I have never submitted before.  The rejection told me that the story made it past the first cut and went on to detail many of the good points of [...]

Writing update

With the first two months of 2010 in the record books, here is a brief update of my progress so far this year:   Jan Feb YTD Days worked  11  9  21 Words written  12,212  8,479  20,691 Stories completed  1  1  2 Stories submitted  2  1  3 Despite writing only 10 days in February, they [...]

A new post in the Adventures of the Little Zipper

People following our blog on the Adventures of the Little Zipper should head over there now to read about the latest developments.  But be warned:  this one’s a doozy.  If you don’t have access to the blog and would like to read it, send me and email and I’ll add you to the access list.

Non-book reading

In the last couple of years, the volume of book reading I do has declined somewhat.  There are 2 primary reasons for this: (1) I have been spending more time on other things like the baby and family, as well as trying to focus more of my free time on writing; (2) I have been doing a lot more [...]

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