Glenn Fleishman Interrogates the Past
As  Flong Time, No See  moves to the printer in a few days, I wanted to reveal…yet another book! As I worked on  Flong Time , I received emails asking about a print edition of an early collection,  Not To Put Too Fine a Point
After some months of on-and-off poking at it, I finally buckled down and migrated from a paid ecommerce host to one I host on my own server: it’s the Aperiodical Publishing Company store ! Previously, I’ve had to host different bits in different places, and
Unfortunately, my login error was resolved without any additional effort on my part.
I’ve just migrated my blog for the Rth time, “R” being a number larger than three and lower than I can’t remember. Please report any trouble !
I was reminded today of a particular writer who is known for his precision, and wrote a book that was rather about that. I bounced off the book when I reached page 22, and found the following (including the abomination of indented footnotes). An inaccurate description of several hundred years
My seeming home-away-from-home, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (at the OSU), re-opens its galleries on May 23 with great one-two punch: a remarkable, first of its kind exhibition of Chris Ware’s work, that he was deeply involved in creating; a new
In 2022, after having created a printed-related video for an exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at the Ohio State University, I flew out to Columbus to visit, and see their collection of original artwork and comics-related artifacts. I wasn’t sure what I&
Today I launched a new book project called That One Matt Bors Comic with cartoonist Matt Bors ! Matt’s “Mister Gotcha” cartoon in September 2016 became a meme through no fault of Matt’s, primarily for its final panel, in which one character says, “We
Writing a column for Six Colors this week (appears Monday) in answer to a reader question, I realized the utility I wanted to recommend that they use didn’t exist. So I wrote it. Please welcome a new, free Mac app called Mister Plimsoll . It has a single-minded
Many friends and colleagues have written recent reminscences of their first experiences with the Mac as Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary. See: Thanks for the wild ride, Apple. Let’s keep it going by Jason Snell, founder of Six Colors and former editor-in-chief of Macworld (and recent
I had an entry at Wikipedia for years, then it was removed in what I think was a 1–1 vote. Big ups for the person opposed to my notability . People have tried in the years since to add an article about me back, but they continue to be
Back in 1994, the internet had existed in some form for years under different names, but commercial use had just been allowed in 1993, and I started a web hosting company in mid-1994. Because I was snot-nosed kid, however, I liked to write famous people, like Dan Perkins,
First up! I launched a new website, FindYourTag , that lists all devices that support Apple’s Find My Network, the crowdsourced location-tracking system accessible via the Find My app on iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple Watch. This includes Apple’s own AirTags—now available in a
I was delighted to speak recently to Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, a long-term voice of reason and source of excellence knowledge on language. You can listen to the audio in your favorite podcast app or via a browser , or watch on YouTube .
I’m happy to announce the launch of my latest book, Flong Time, No See ! This book is a collection of reported work and essays I’ve written over the last seven years about topics as disparate as how a New York Times printer had a job for