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 […]
books
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. […]
programming books and videos
We’re snowed in today here in my part of NJ, so today’s probably a good day to review and clean up some of the “independent study” stuff I’ve been working […]
Solstice
Here’s an interesting video from The New Yorker, breaking down Tracy K. Smith’s poem “Solstice.” I like her work. She’s even got a bit of cross-over into the SF world; […]
The Book of Dust
I was pretty excited to find out this week that Philip Pullman will be releasing the first volume of his new trilogy in October of this year. The trilogy isn’t […]
Art and Literature for Troubled Times
OK, that post title might be a little pretentious. But I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff on the internet over the last month about art and literature, with relation […]