Stuff I wanted to mention
There are a number of things I kind of wanted to mention on this blog, but that I probably don’t have enough to say about to warrant a full post. […]
books
Labor Day
Things I did this weekend: Watched four bad movies, with RiffTrax commentary. Finished reading a very nerdy Star Trek novel. Read a few random comic books. Backed up my desktop […]
Terry Pratchett
From The Guardian: The unfinished books of Sir Terry Pratchett have been destroyed by a steamroller, following the late fantasy novelist’s wishes. Pratchett’s hard drive was crushed by a vintage […]
untangling 9000 cables
I’ve been spending some time recently working through a backlog of unread bookmarks on my Pinboard account. I don’t think I ever intended to use Pinboard as a place to […]
My bookshelves are a mess
Scott Hanselman posted a tweet yesterday with a photo of a bookshelf, asking people to reply with photos of their bookshelves. I was bored last night, so I took a […]
Kirby and Eisner Humble Bundle
Humble has a pretty interesting bundle running right now, celebrating Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, who would both have turned 100 this year. It’s definitely an odd assortment of stuff. […]
more on subscriptions
This post is a follow-up to this morning’s post about subscription software and services. First, it turns out that I do have a 7-day trial subscription to Comixology Unlimited. I […]
Subscription software, books, and comics
I found out this week that Day One is switching over to a paid subscription model, much like other Mac software has done over the last few years. (TextExpander and […]
Warren Ellis – a useful quote
I find myself collecting little quotes from Warren Ellis’ Orbital Operations newsletter, as I read through the backlog that I’ve allowed to pile up in my email. Here’s a good […]
The Laundry Files, the Library, and Modesty Blaise
After taking a fairly long break from reading Charles Stross’ Laundry Files series, I picked up The Apocalypse Codex a few weeks ago. I just finished reading it this week. […]