Last night Blogger dumped an entry after I posted it (no matter, this one replaces it.) But that was just another in a series of weird technical difficulties we had…
I’ve put back the comment system, and everything still seems to be running fine. What joy! RSS users, are you seeing the new feed OK? (This one’s at http://outofambit.blogspot.com/rss/outofambit.xml.) For…
And about time, too. Europe sends out an ion-driven probe around July 15…
While we’re cleaning off DV tapes so that we have plenty of them available for Fasnacht, I came across this clip in Windows MovieMaker (.wmv) format, which should satisfy the…
So I’m sitting here working on this book, and all of a sudden it’s getting to be time to go away to Basel, in Switzerland, for Fasnacht. Fasnacht is a…
It’s a fair question. Keeping it simple (because that way I can understand it): RSS is short for either “Rich Site Summary” or “Really Simple Syndication”, depending on who’s telling…
…Or at least, Rory Bremner imitates it. Got RealPlayer? Check out this link with Bremner’s truly creepy take on Tony Blair at Camp David. More clips from the fourth series…
This makes me smile. Duane Poole is an old friend, one of my former story editors on “Scooby-Doo” and various other Hanna-Barbera cartoons. (For a while, people at H-B thought…
Via the inimitable and invaluable BoingBoing: a campaign I feel I could get behind. I almost wish I had a frequent-flyer account with Delta, so that I could cancel it.…
Okay. Okay. I like Sailor Moon (the original anime, not the idiotic English-language dub). When I get in a self-examining mood, I file this particular liking away with various other…
Hmm. This is interesting. TNN is starting to air the series, unedited and without “bugs ‘n’ bars”, starting on March 3. Would anyone be able to score me a tape…
In the next day or so I’m going to try adding an RSS feed to this thing. (I’m not sure why: the Blogosphere will hardly wither away for lack of…
A Yoda speaking clock…. And then there’s this. Function, heck: I’d visit this site just for the way the eyes behave. I’m strangely reminded of Monty Python. If that thing…
This, uh, unusual Flash animation appeared in BoingBoing earlier in the month, but I really want to offer the link to those of you who need something, uh, unusual today.…
Comet NEAT (a long-period comet, newly discovered — aka C2002/V1) happened to be within view of the LASCO instrument of the SOHO solar probe at the same time that the…
Have you had your NinjaBurger today? You haven’t? Don’t tell these guys about it, then. There may be trouble… While I’m thinking about it: if you haven’t stopped by VillainSupply.com…
…that Harry Potter is okay with them. Oh, good. I guess Nita and Kit are safe then, too. (I wasn’t worried about the Transcendent Pig, of course. Chao can take…
Why Nerds Are Unpopular
Let’s Tack A Few More Nines On, Boys…. (A blacker-than-black coating, for those of you who aren’t “Lensman” fans.)
These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed… And while we’re on the subject: Inspect This. (snort)
Well, the foot’s not broken. But after seeing what happened to Columbia….my heart. Definitely that. I was writing My Enemy, My Ally when Challenger went down. Now I’m finishing The…
From an undisclosed location… (afterthought: snort) What am I, Dick Cheney? (Perish, O perish the thought.) I am in Leukerbad, and I cannot find the apostrophe. I am finishing the…
Hmmm. An interesting take on “Desert Storm II”: http://www.idleworm.com/nws/2002/11/iraq2.shtml
Okay, here’s the Ugly Word for today: “architected”!! “…Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney said Microsoft’s mobile software needs work, adding that Research in Motion does a better job of linking users…