This last weekend was MileHiCon, and our friend Rose hounded us suggested politely that we should do costumes (she runs the costume contest). Since this was the first convention we’d been to IRL, we thought we ought to protect ourselves …
Okay, so my first thought was that “Permalink to Eternity” would be a very modern-noir way of referring to someone who’d just been rubbed out by a cyber-mobster. More boringly, it is just a post about the fact that the …
I have another story coming out next week (on Friday, Aug. 27 to be specific). It is an extremely short story (< 500 words) and is a bit of a joke. I’m posting about it now, rather than after it …
It has been a while since I’ve done a programming post, so I thought I would do something silly (actually related to a real-life project, but taken to extremes). Sometimes you want to have a dialog that isn’t a rectangle. …
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My story Autonomous just came out in Land Beyond the World magazine! It looks like you have to be a paid subscriber to see the story, but you can get a trial subscription (but not sure of the exact details). …
My story A Better Design, that I mentioned last week, came out on Friday, and the editor of Flash in a Flash has kindly provided me with a permalink so that it won’t disappear into the ether!
My story A Better Design will be coming out on Friday, June 18th. Normally, I wait until a story is actually available before posting about it, but in this case, the medium requires some pre-planning… The story is being published …
A couple of weeks ago I posted about the bunny that had invaded Anna’s car and chewed up the wiring. Since then, Anna has been paranoid about bunnies anywhere near her car–even after dousing the car with the mint scent …
A week or so ago, Anna’s car started acting up. All of the various warning lights started coming on–anti-lock brakes, missing fluids, etc. So, given my complete ignorance of everything car-related, we took the car into the dealership. My theory …
Just had another story come out. It’s called Free Wheel, and it is about a self-driving car that gets bored and goes a little further than it is supposed to. This is the first time I was actually asked to …