I’ve not posted very much about the cats in a week, and I want to remedy this. As you probably know I got two kittens at the end of May. I’d been vaguely looking for cats for a while, what with “reality” setting in around me. A friend adopted a cat who had a litter of kittens somewhat unexpectedly, and I said that I would take one. Well turns out ( Read more... )

So soon, probably during the end of this post or somewhere in tomorrow’s post, I’m going to pass the half-million word mark on tychoish.com. This is a bit inflated because I incorporated the posts from tealart a couple of years ago, and some of that material includes quotes and links that I don’t ( Read more... )

So I’ve wanted to put together a “best of” roll call of my posts here ( Read more... )

I’m writing you all today from OS X for the first time in months. Also, I’m writing another journal entry in honor of the weekend-like quality that the holiday has, and I’m writing it right before I post it rather than in my usual bi/tri-monthly binge writing style. Very strange.

Just to comment on the experience of the new/old environment, I’m ( Read more... )

I’m not a programmer, really. I mean I’m a huge geek, and I understand ( Read more... )

I love Nancy Kress’ blog. Just saying. If you don’t read it, start. It’s good stuff.

She wrote the other day about her approach to developing SF stories and I wanted to explore her little hint in more depth here. First, a quote from the conclusion:

The larger point here is that, in my view, SF should be more than ( Read more... )

After a long time toiling with the ThinkPad that I got (as my primary laptop) a few months back. I decided to rearrange my laptop usage. Not that the ThinkPad is a bad machine, but I felt bad because my MacBook was langishing, and I very much missed having a machine with a usable battery life. While I thought about trading the macbook for a PC ( Read more... )

I hear that some of you are celebrating today. If that’s the case, good holiday to you, dear readers. If that’s not the case, I hope you’re not too befuddled by this very strange Thursday we seem to be having.

I guess in some respects I’m celebrating. Though I often leave, the fact that no one else is working changes the way the day ( Read more... )

Ok, so I haven’t done a journal upate in a long time, and I think it’s high time that I posted an update about my projects and stuff. It’s my blog after all.

I’ve been working a lot, which is a good thing. Also I think some ( Read more... )

Ok, so I know it isn’t November anymore, and I should shut up about writing already, but it’s a good change of pace, and I have one little point to make/explore that makes sense to talk about post-nano. It’s about the habit of writing. And I think it can be applied to all sorts of creative work.

A lot of people think that NaNo is all about “a big ( Read more... )