Feds seek contractor to build federal license plate reader database. Remember: if Team Us does it, it’s a sensible national security measure, and if you oppose it, you’re a paranoid nutjob and/or want the terrorists to win. If Team Them does it, it’s a totalitarian police state measure, and if you support it, you’re a…
a snow-related math problem.
Marko’s garage roof is a flat surface of 75×25 feet. If there is a uniform snow layer of 2.5 feet thickness on the roof, a cubic foot of lightly compacted snow weighs 15 pounds, and Marko just removed all that snow with nothing but muscle power and a goddamn snow shovel, a.) How much snow…
automotive recommendationings requested.
One of the drawbacks of living in Upper Cryogenica is the harshness of the winter environment, especially on vehicles that never see the inside of a garage. I just had to turn the Grand Marnier over to the local car vet for an extended stay. The road salt rusted out the emergency brake system, the…
from the desk etc.
It has only been out for two weeks today, but LINES OF DEPARTURE has over a hundred Amazon reviews already, which is pretty cool. There are some head-scratcher one-stars, but in general it seems to be rather well received, and reader consensus appears to be that it’s better than the first novel by a fair…
scalzi confesses. film at 8.
John Scalzi FINALLY TAKES THE BLAME: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/02/03/these-books-are-partially-my-fault/ And everything he says is 100% true. John forgot to add that he’s also part of the reason why SF/F has lots of talented up-and-coming writers. He was most generous with his time and expertise at VP XII, and so were all the other instructors. Every year, just…
“why had nobody thought of that before?”
io9 reviews TERMS and LINES.
io9 has a fantastic write-up of TERMS OF ENLISTMENT and LINES OF DEPARTURE that is just chock-full of good quotes like this one: Much like Scalzi’s Old Man’s War and its sequels, Terms of Enlistment and Lines of Departure are combat-grade Military SF, and should come with an addiction warning. Hopefully, it won’t be too…
lines of departure.
Citizens, rejoice! The day has arrived. The sequel to TERMS OF ENLISTMENT, titled LINES OF DEPARTURE, is now available for your entertainenings! Here’s where you can get LINES OF DEPARTURE right now: Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Audible Amazon has Kindle, paperback, and audio versions. B&N has the paperback, and Audible has the audiobook. There’s no…
q&a.
Geek Mountain State has an interview up with some weirdo who wrote some novels about spaceships and flechette rifles and stuff blowing up. Seems shifty to me, but if that’s your kind of thing, head on over there and read what the nerd had to say.
that’s where they make those little sausages, right?
I organized the digital shoebox and found some more shots from our visit to Vienna last year. That was a really nice trip-within-a-trip. I want to go there again, with a little more time and a less busy schedule.