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I heard on the radio that an airplane had just hit the World Trade Center, a bi-plane according to one witness. Curious, I turned on…
Title: The Uplift War Author: David Brin Published: 1987 I would never recommend The Uplift War to my friends who are skeptical about science fiction.…
CONTAINS SPOILERS I saw Traffic on cable last night, and I can’t remember when I’ve hated and loved the same movie so much. What I…
Here’s a brief recap of my trip to Finland: I went to a conference in Tampere, Finland. It was ED-MEDIA 2001, and since it relates…
London — The overnight sleeper train was expensive but definitely worth it. Trains and planes are the way to go — fuck a bus, except…
Edinburgh — I’m sitting on a bench on a hill in a park looking across a small valley at the most incredible array of stone…
Helsinki — I’ve been riding one of the public bikes around the city this morning. You put in a ten-mark coin as a deposit, which unlocks…
In the Finnish countryside: I wasn’t sure what it would be like to see Päivi again after 15 years, but very quickly we were talking…
Tampere: So much modern “International Style” architecture in America is so ugly. There is a lot of this sort of architecture in Tampere, and some…
Tampere: Damn I’m tired — combination of jet lag, three nights of inadequate sleep, and the fatigue of travel, the stress of being in a…
AltaVista reveals the following word count on the Web: beep: 625,434 beeep: 12,191 beeeep: 2,962 beeeeep: 1,264 beeeeeep: 931 beeeeeeep: 453 beeeeeeeep: 866 beeeeeeeeep: 273…
I’ve been getting a lot of questions regarding my last post. I’ll try to answer them here. It’s been incredibly frustrating trying to find specific…
There’s a variety of fungus that people cultivate down here in little rooftop gardens. I’ve really never seen anything quite like it. They only grow…
Testing the new Nikon Coolpix 990. Here’s the view out my office window.
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I wanted to let everybody know I survived my first Mardi Gras. Carnival season begins here in New Orleans on the 6th day of January,…
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Here’s an account of a single day, August 2nd, 1999. This was originally published in my friend Rachel’s zine Daybook. I get up around 7:00…
I thought moving would be stressful, but it was smooth. So smooth I can hardly believe it. But right now I can look up and…