I have never actually used FaceTime on my iPad to talk with anybody. But clearly, I’m not as social as some of my Twitter friends (and their families): Facebook, on the other hand, is 50/50: That is all.
Category: geeky
How I Spent My Labor Day
DeeAnn and I had some tough decisions to make yesterday. I wanted to make a day of it at the movies; she got to pick where we’d see the second show and, based on that, which show would be the…
Renovation in Words and Pictures
(TL:DR – Worldcon was lots of fun!) On Monday, DeeAnn and I returned home from our road trip to Renovation, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention. This was the first Worldcon we’d attended since Denvention in 2008, and all the…
SnoutCast #58: “Humans vs. Robots”
Well, dudes, if you ever wanted to hear DeeAnn breathing heavy into your ear, I guess this is the episode for you. Also: we talk about using automation vs. human volunteers when running Games and similar events! [ Download mp3…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Godwin’s Law”
It was pretty much inevitable that I’d use this title at some point. Also interesting: the scene in the archives comes directly out of a dream I had earlier this week, and there will be a longer version of this…
FaceTronChat
DeeAnn and I saw Tron 2: Electric Boogaloo on Sunday, and weren’t that impressed: Feel free to continue the conversation in comments below (or on Facebook, if you insist).
Our Geeky Xmas Tree
Our old digital still camera has been slowly dying for several months, but our friends Kathy and Brian were kind enough to send us a newer camera they found in a box of spare electronics. Thanks, guys! To try it…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Shibboleths”
I’m glad at least one person spotted that reference to The IT Crowd which I snuck into this week’s story. Read “Shibboleths” at 512 Words or Fewer
Postcards #53 and 54
Two more from Karl, whose recent travels also prompted this e-mail exchange: K: I think I’ve had about enough complexity for today, just making it from my apartment in London to my hotel in Paris completely by public transit. J:…