Well, I heard back from Clarion West. Two months ago, I applied to the 2008 writing program in Seattle, and tonight I got their answer: We are sorry to let you know that you were not selected for this year’s…
Category: writing
Google Causes Global Warming!
Dr. Robert Zubrin visited Authors@Google last Monday to talk about his latest book, Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil. Skip to the 40-minute mark in the video below to see the controversial slide which…
Food Court: The Musical!
The latest prank from the folks at Improv Everywhere: Read more about it on their blog. My favorite part is the security guard, but honestly, I wish the music was a little better and the satire a little sharper. I…
“DRM is not actually doing anything to prevent piracy”
Finally, people are getting it: DRM doesn’t work. The title of this post is a direct quote from Madeline McIntosh, a senior vice president at the Random House Audio Group, who was quoted in “Publishers Phase Out Piracy Protection on…
Clarion caul
It’s done. I’ve just submitted my application for the Clarion writing workshop in San Diego, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Regular readers of this blog (all three of you) will recall that I also applied to Clarion…
Applying Myself
Tomorrow is the early application deadline for Clarion West. I don’t need the $100 tuition discount, but it was a good way to get myself to write for the last two weeks, and I’m all done–I just hit “send” on…
“An expensive way to smell poo”
I generally find the product reviews on Amazon.com very helpful. Sort them with the lowest ratings at the top and you’ll see if there are common complaints about a product, or if people are just blowing off steam for some…
Goodbye to Google
(Pop quiz: Does the title of this post make you think of the Carpenters’ “Goodbye to Love,” Michelle Branch’s “Goodbye to You,” or another song? Leave your answer in a comment below!) After more than four years, Friday was my…
Phrase of the Week
Courtesy of BoingBoing: Browsing the web from Guatemala is always an adventure. Works okay when there’s electricity, which hasn’t been very steady while I’ve been down here over the last few weeks (there have been some big blackouts here related…
“That’s worth going to jail for. That’s worth anything.”
Those are the final words of Cory Doctorow’s short story “Printcrime,” and I didn’t spoil anything by telling you that. But you should read the story–it’s short, less than 750 words–before you read about the RepRap, an actual, open-source product…