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Brightly written, started off with terrific pace. Strong narrative voice, strong tone that made the Napoleonic era feel real. Wonderful attention to detail in the setting. Then suddenly downshifted into what I can only call the getting-ready-for-a-long-series pace. The ending was a complete surprise–not the content, but: “Oh. Oh! So that must have been the …
I’ve had my Nexus One (the current googlephone) for a couple of months now, and it's been enjoyable. I bought it knowing that it’d be a useful toy.
My friend has been hosting my dns resolution for many years, including long periods of internet disinterest. He recently had some problems with his server farm; it's back now, and so am I.
The author is John Scalzi. I recently finished his first book "Old Man's War" and the followup book "The Ghost Brigades". It's like discovering a favorite new flavor of ice cream that you didn't know about. I'll write a full review later, but it's great when you finish a book and you rush online to …
Deconstructing books is never fun, so I'm not going to go on about why this one doesn't work. If you have any interest in this book, watch the Showtime series instead. The series takes everything good in this book and builds on it, adding complexity, structure, and nuance where they were absent in the book. …
I'm a fan of reviews and thoughtful criticism. I also like to write reviews, but I've had a hard time figuring out what to do with them.
Has spam been solved? This blog is both young and mostly dormant, as I chase two young kids and renovate this old house and catch up at work. Still, the spam trickles in all the same. None has gotten through. Go go Akismet!
At first I didn't understand twitter, but I've come to enjoy it. As a hobbiest writer, I appreciate the challenge of 140 characters. Strunk said to Omit needless words, but twitter advances the concept. If I have a complex or multistep thought and want to tweet it, on a geeky level I like trying to cram …
One of the great joys of this modern world is the ability to discover cool video that isn't perfectly current.
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