flight of the turtle
I downloaded updates to a few of the apps on my iPod this morning. A note-taker, web browser, ebook reader, audiobook player... shakespeare... what else? Nothing that interesting really, my iPod could be lent to the nearest nun without a a qualm. So I was a bit taken aback with the dialogue box insisting I [...]
surely you could just keep a journal?
Like, in your nightstand? And cross-ref it with a freebie calendar from the Salvation Army or the World Wildlife Federation? I mean, you might get laid some night when the internet is down, and then what would you do?
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#queryfail, or the art of hearing criticism
Queryfail happened yesterday on Twitter. It was, essentially, a day in the lives of several writer's agents and publishers, going through their mail for the day, and talking/tweeting about where they stopped reading and why. Real-time, gut-level critiques are the hardest to hear. They're the shake of the head at a cattle call, the "too [...]
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we could keep it in a bit of amber
So I'm idly wandering through the Making Light Particles, and spotted that link to NYT's article on cloning mammoths from tufts of hair. So how cool is that, eh? And what else could we clone, for a few mil more? That's right! The same would be technically possible with Neanderthals, whose full genome is expected [...]
rome wasn’t built in a day
And neither are websites... snarking to the beat of Caroline from the album "Caroline" by Kirsty MacColl
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