I would estimate that about 10 years has elapsed since the last time I saw an X-Files episode. While I would not say that I watched it religiously during high school, it was certainly a favorite. Who but Chris Carter was doing anything interesting on TV during the 1990s? It was somewhat amazing to me […]
FancyZoom 1.0 via cabel.name: who needs thickbox when you can have this? (tags: photography javascript webdev) Gallery of NSS Space Settlement Art Contest via B^2 (tags: art space scifi)
Stupid Plot Tricks (tags: geek parody scifi writing)
The Five Essential Phone-Screen Questions (tags: business management interview work) Beat Blank Page Syndrome: 10 Tricks to Get Your Writing Started via Lifehack.org (tags: lifehacks writing essay)
Chris Noth draws the Great Monsters of Post-Modern Literature. Actually, they’re just “of 20th Century Literature”. Whitley Streiber’s aliens, Lovecraft’s creatures… that sort of thing. The shaded pencil drawings all come to life.
How to Give Good Critique (tags: writing criticism essay) 10 Sci-Fi Techs We Could Build If They Weren’t So Damn Expensive via Gadget Lab from Wired.com (tags: scifi tech science geek essay)
Interruptions. Lounging in my grey robe in a room that is not my brother’s room in a house that is not my parent’s house. Too much sleep? Not enough? The bathroom connects to this room and to the hallway. It makes me nervous. A knock at the door and swift entry. A slight, angular brunette […]
LEED Introduces Protactinium Level via TreeHugger: “In order to qualify for the standard, building designers must commit to a lifetime of celibacy and staff the building exclusively with doe-eyed orphans…” (tags: LEED environment humor) Museum of Hoaxes via Brian G. (tags: entertainment history humor surreal weird)
I’ll only bother you with this once: I have moved all impending-baby-related discussion to its own thread: baby.founddrama.net Carry on.