How to Win a Web Forum
I drew the cartoon above from a photograph that turned twenty years old last month. That s Erika on the left, and next to Erika is Stephen s bride Erin,
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Spinning Discs with vga256
Mages Modems is a memoir by writer-podcaster-developer vga256, and one I enjoyed very much. As soon as I began reading it, I could tell that the author
Six Links that Aren’t the News
Please pretend this came out on Tuesday.
Tend to the Small Things
The name of this post comes from a swap I made with Zachary Kai, a thoughtful writer and blogger who kindly explained how his Title Traders directory works
Remember to Turn the Paper
One of the two creatures depicted above is Garmegula, a giant lizard I made up many years ago because I wanted to write some very short allegories about
Taking a Breath with Ethan Marcotte
If you thought oh cool! as soon as you read the words Ethan Marcotte above, then you and I understand each other. Ethan is a widely-cited author, designer,
Six Links That Aren’t the News
(You can click on these.)
Zooming in with C.Q. Lucius
This is mostly a newsletter about circumventing the capital-a algorithm, but even I must acknowledge that a backwards clock is right four times a day. Google knows I m
Violets can’t read the news
Before we get to anything else in this post, I m asking you to open up a new tab better yet, a whole new window and put Lucy Bellwood s extraordinary comic
Some Vibes That Are Not the News
I had friends over last week for my first-ever LAN party. It was as good as I could have hoped: we set out Doritos and pizza and two-liters
Love Letter to the Unknown
A reflection on tabletop gaming, family, and the persistence of gifts.
Six Links that aren’t the news
(You can click on these.) Addendum to last week s newsletter: I learned about the wiby.me surprise button from Ethan Marcotte s links feed. Thanks Ethan! Let s not get stepped
Four Random Things
Not actually things that are random.