March 2009

Thinking big, thinking bi.

March 27, 2009

Part of what I do for a—I use this word with quotes so loud they ring—”living” is fix typos. On the whole, most typos won’t set your loins a-tingle, but every now and then one comes along that just makes a person smile. Today’s typo of cheer comes from a “big“-thinking author posting on Twitter [...]

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Foresight; or, How not to choose a username

March 16, 2009

name |nām| noun a word or set of words by which a person, animal, place, or thing is known, addressed, or referred to • someone or something regarded as existing merely as a word and lacking substance or reality A name is a powerful tool. To name a thing is to identify it, and to [...]

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Fandom, Dead Bands, & Reunion Tours

March 10, 2009

A couple of years ago, I joined a fan forum. I had never joined a fan forum before. In truth, I had never done anything properly “fannish” before at all. Like most people, I have been a fan of things—bands, writers, poets, products. I live in a Mac household; I own multiple copies of Leaves [...]

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The hot new technology called Book

March 9, 2009

I am loving today’s Penny Arcade:

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