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New directions, new blog
After an amazing TEN-PLUS YEARS on LiveJournal, I have decided to move this blog and start fresh.
You can find the new Platt Stuff blog over here. Come on over and follow me.
Don't worry, I won't abandon LJ completely. But from now on, the main focus of my blogging will be elsewhere.
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Wildlife trafficking, primates, border problems and Nicolas Cage
My Green Tech column is on hold while they work out some website issues, but everything else is going strong.
First off, here are this week's Extinction Countdown columns:
Unfair trade: A week in the world of illegal wildlife trafficking
Slender hope: A tiny primate is rediscovered after 65 years
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Harvey Pekar, Alfred Hitchcock and other stuff
Another big batch of article links for your lunch hour (or whenever you choose to read them).
Remembering Harvey Pekar: A Splendid American
Green Tech: Telecommuting Saves 17,000 Dollars Per Employee Per Year
Extinction Countdown: Polar Rare: The Arctic's apex predator could disappear from Hudson Bay in 10 years
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Big Announcement: Die Laughing Redux!
Ready for some awesome news? My 2002 short-story collection DIE LAUGHING is available once again, this time in e-book format for the Kindle!
http://www.amazon.com/Die-Laughing-ebook/dp/B003UV98L8/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3
I'm still really proud of this book, and I think it holds up pretty well. There are some great stories and poems inside, if I do say so ( Read more... ) -
Carp, cartoons, charity and more linkage
A *lot* of articles hit the web last week! Here are the links...
How Do You Get Women to Stay in Engineering? Nerd Girls Has the Answer
Green Tech: 6 Simple Ways to Green Your Dinner
Pick Up Artists: Driving Across America, Picking Up Garbage
Kids Learn to be Philanthropists with Charity Checks
Aw nuts: Plan to save endangered squirrels scuttled as ( Read more... ) -
The Sweet Smell of Success - Now available for the Kindle!
A few years ago, Amazon.com accepted my short story "The Sweet Smell of Success" for their Amazon Shorts program. Well, Shorts has been discontinued, but the tale is now available for the Kindle (meaning it can be read on an actual Kindle, a PC, a phone, or just about any other device). Check it out here.
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Catching up on the linkage
Whooo-boy am I running behind! I have lots and lots of new writing to do, but for those of you paying attention, here are links to the last two of three weeks worth of articles.
LIFE IN AMERICA: A Mother of Four Works Three Jobs to Support Church and Family http://bit.ly/co1cIp
Tiger, tiger, burning out: What is killing Russia's critically ( Read more... ) -
NASA, charity, oil spill, dead stuff & drawing - another big week for articles
Whoo boy, have I been writing a lot lately. Even beyond the big list of article links coming your way in a few seconds, I've also been busy with press releases, corporate newsletters, and a whole lot more.
But man, it's fun. Freelancing is a constant source of stress and good times. I never know what the next day is going to bring. (Oh, sure, I ( Read more... )
