Life on Mars?

Much as I liked the show, this is about the actual planet. As someone who writes about Mars, I’ve got kind of a vested interest–then again, as a resident of Earth I’ve got kind of a vested interest anyway. Assuming we don’t manage to wipe ourselves out (a prospect which, though it will always remain [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Idle Musings, Science, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on September 1st, 2010

Paradigms vs. Conspiracies: What’s the Difference?

Last night’s post about the exciting new developments in fringe cosmology provoked some interesting twitter comments. Seems some of the language in the article I linked to (particularly at the end, where it talks about vested interest) reminded some of you of denialist language from one or another favorite science/history denial camps. Specifically, the word [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Idle Musings, Science, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 31st, 2010

Big Bang Go Boom?

Big Bang contrarians are a dime a dozen, from the crackpots to the respected physicists, like Halton Arp, who like to pick nits at the existing paradigm but don’t have a coherent alternate theory to advance. They’re usually good for an afternoon’s entertainment, but little more than that. Sometimes, though, the exciting stuff happens in [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Idle Musings, Science, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 30th, 2010

Social media? Yeah, okay, sure

So, with any luck, this announcement will post to Twitter and Facebook, have at the bottom a “share this on social media sites,” and come up handsomely on mobile phones. Step one of prepping the site for this September’s big announcements is now accomplished!

No Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 23rd, 2010

Think Contracts Don’t Matter?

Since I’ve been doing a blog series on the Principles of Contracts, I have to include this bit of news about the biggest, ugliest case of a handshake deal I’ve seen in quite some time. Seems that the publishers and authors of The Shack never really figured out who owned what, and now they’re out [...]

No Comments »Filed under: ANMAP, Business, Business How-Tos, Publishing, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on July 16th, 2010

The Balticon Adventure pt 4

The Saga Of The Hat At this point in the narrative, I’m forced to chose between one of two roads. I could go along the chronology, skipping the boring and blackmail-worthy parts along the way, or I could chose a theme and tell its story…or I could jump back and forth between each as my [...]

5 Comments »Filed under: Conventions, Events, Podcasting, Unsavory Excursions, appearancesPosted on June 7th, 2010

The Balticon Adventure pt 3

Scuba Gear I normally travel with carry-on baggage only, but it’s not because by the end of a plane ride there’s nothing that gives me greater relief from coach seat-cramp syndrome and DVT than sitting down in another small seat in a moving vehicle. Nor is it that the prospect of walking around an unfamiliar [...]

4 Comments »Filed under: Conventions, Events, Podcasting, Unsavory Excursions, appearancesPosted on June 3rd, 2010

Podcasters, We Have a Problem

All of you who’ve been in the game for a while, particularly, the EFF needs your comments. As happens with just about every kind of open access technology at one point or another, somebody is trying to grab podcasting with a patent. If the patent is granted, our community and other sectors of new media, [...]

1 Comment »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on April 8th, 2010

An Open Letter to Spider Robinson

Last night I had occasion to send an email to Spider Robinson, thanking him for his recent book Variable Star, a posthumous collaboration with Robert A. Heinlein. If you are unfamiliar with Spider’s work, or have not read Variable Star, you owe it to yourself to take a gander. All royalties from the book go [...]

It’s Time To Bust It Open

As part of my self-education as a writer learning to market his work, I’ve been watching trends in e-books and audiobooks as well as publishing industry trends, and thinking about them in the context of podcasting as an endeavor that takes a lot of passion and commitment from very creative people. With all the talk [...]

If You Build It, Will They Come?

Free content – particularly in the audio fiction space – suddenly seems a lot less of a perpetual free lunch than it did six months ago, and it’s got a lot of folks freaking out in my corner of the Internet. Providers are dropping like flies this year! Matthew Wayne Selznick and J.C. Hutchins have [...]

A Skin-Deep Territory Distinction

This post is my first in a dialogue with Scott Roche about whether or not science and religion are truly competing for the same intellectual and spiritual space in the world. Read Scott’s opening post here. Twitter is a mischievous little meme. On that innocent network yesterday, I noticed fellow podcast novelist, and fabulous debate [...]

3 Comments »Filed under: Idle Musings, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on January 31st, 2010

This Week’s Cool Biotech

Stopping in quickly during a break in my hectic production and writing schedules to drop a handful of links that have recently blown me away in one way or another. First, the coolest biomedical news this year: Synthetic arteries have arrived. Second, some really cool news on dog evolution from two fronts. There’s an article [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Autodidact, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on January 27th, 2010

Double Dip Bookmarks

The first Triple Threat Contest is now upon us. Your Mission: 1: Download and print these bookmarks. 2: Cut along the dotted lines. 3: Take to your local libraries and bookstores. 4: Leaving a stack near the checkout gets you one point. Put a bunch inside books by Robert A. Heinlein, Stephen R. Donaldson, Philip [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Down From Ten, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on November 18th, 2009

Pub crawl time!

Bay Area Podcasters J. Daniel Sawyer, Chris Lester, and Miss Kalendar will be joined by special guest from New Zealand Philipa Ballantine and new publishing sensation Gail Carriger for an evening of conversation, zany antics, good food, and shop talk. Some other bay area literary personalities may also be in attendance. If you like podcasting, [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on October 28th, 2009
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