TED of the day: Patient Capitalism
Your moment of thoughtiness for the day: Jacqueline Novogratz discusses markets and foreign aid and underclass empowerment in Africa. Worth every second.
Your moment of thoughtiness for the day: Jacqueline Novogratz discusses markets and foreign aid and underclass empowerment in Africa. Worth every second.
For those of you who haven’t heard of it, SteamCon is the first anual Bay Area Steampunk Convention. It happens Halloween Weekend at the Domain Hotel in Sunnyvale CA. I will be on the following panels: Engines of Empire: Real Science and Gadgets of Victorian Times – Saturday 1:30-2:30 and …
This weekend kept me busy – posting the latest Antithesis episode, hitting the pub with Chris Lester and Seth Harwood, and hitting Silicon in San Jose.
I have to say, up front, that I’m not a big fan of superheroes. Occasionally, a stand-out will come along, like the new Batman Movies or the first X-men film, that will stop me in my tracks and make me cheer, but generally speaking, the whole notion just doesn’t appeal …
—edit— Lisa Paul, in the comments, delivered a round bitch-slap to me for missing the obvious possibility that the following faux-pas could be an attempt to emulate the Brooklynite coloquialism “S/he was robbed” and convey their accent. She could be right. However…I like my take on it better ;). Can …
You heard them on Reprobates Hour – now buy the books written by Krazy Kiwi Phillipa Ballentine and Irrascible Rabble-Rouser Tee Morris. Today’s the day they make their Amazon run. Buy Digital Magic and The Case of the Pitcher’s Pendant
Tor Books has joined the forward-thinking ranks of Baen Books and the two-steps-forward, one-step-backward stragglers like HarperCollins and started releasing its books on the internet. Unfortunately, this isn’t a long-term strategy yet – it was a stopgap publicity stunt to people who registered at tor.com while the site was being …
I was discussing the results of the Democratic delegate tally today with my friend Ian Gowen. Little did I know that the man is a burgeoning Cory Doctorow, blogging everything. So, if any of you are interested in my terribly unpredictable (yeah right) analysis of the situation, take a gander …