So Five has a new channel on deep cable (or in my case deep satellite) called Five Life. It's full of regular craptastic deep cable offerings, with one exception ( Read more... )

This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you've read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved.

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Okay, so I saw Nima's Blackberry phone over the wedding weekend. It was a lot nicer than I thought it should be. Since we've often talked about moving the company contract to a new provider, I started seriously looking at the 'smartphone' options, but could use a little help from those of you who might know more about the technology ( Read more... )

An interesting link from sixferrets.

NPR: The War on the Word 'Jihad'

Can you go into an Irish bar -- the Boston -- and be unable to order a glass of Guinness or Murphy's. Not only did they not have stout, they also didn't have Irish whiskey. Of course, the place almost collapsed under the weight of all the Guinness and Murphy's 'decorations'.

So, I'm in Dubai ( Read more... )

“Once tagged by this entry, the assignment is to write a blog entry of some kind with six random facts about yourself. Then, pick six of your friends and tag them; no tag-backs. This explanation should be included.”

Let's be honest, I talk too much for most of these to surprise anyone.

Tagged by the mysterious sixferretsI was a serious proponent of ( Read more... )

Seriously: John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Paul Chambers, Cannonball Adderley, and Miles. Live at Newport. I marvel when I listen to it.

I do use the word fuck quite a lot. Mostly in a string of variations, it seems.

Beware the power of indexed searching.

Now to go wash my mouth out with soap.

I'm back from Eire. The craic was relentless. Just about recovered from my holiday by now ( Read more... )