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TL;DR: I care about the Academy Awards and I care about data reporting. This year's Oscar nominations (honoring films released in 2016...

One month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Schrödinger Sessions II (SS2), a "science for science fiction writers" worksh...

So the British Library has over one million public domain illustrations on Flickr, organized into albums for easier browsing. I've onl...

I recently finished listening to Judy Greer's audiobook of her memoir I Don't Know What You Know Me From (which is delightful, by t...

And sat in on these great talks: "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Pelican: A Comparison of Static Site Generators" with Lucy Wyman "Hos...

Which means I don't have the time/brainpower for a thoughtful, well-researched blog post today. So instead, here's a roundup of some...

And this year, my wife and I--both of us being essentially freelancers--will be filing quarterly estimated taxes. It's the first year we...

I recently came across this post on Weibo , China's Twitter-like "microblogging" service: http://weibo.com/1654694194/BnIEU7...

TL;DR: Don't buy Western Digital or Seagate hard drives. "Hard Drive Reliability Update – Sep 2014" from the Backblaze bl...

TL;DR: oh, just go read Cecilia Tan's blog post instead. This summer, my friend Katrina Archer self-published her YA fantasy novel ...

It's been less than a week since my Clarion West (CW) adventure concluded, and I'm still readjusting to normal life and catching up ...

A few days ago, I noticed several of my Twitter-friends retweeting this: You meet a man on the Oregon Trail. His name is Terry. You tell h...

Disclaimer/Disclosure: images below are Amazon.com affiliate links. On Monday night, DeeAnn and I watched the Veronica Mars movie at home...

(Today's "The I in MEAT" blog post is brought to you by the perfect texture , The Doubleclicks , and the Twitter .) Back in ...

Just to be clear: this is not a rant against Seth Godin . I actually think he's got some pretty great ideas about leadership, as shown...

Because I know you've been wondering: That is all.

In which we do not tell knock-knock jokes. Not a single one. Nope. Zero. [ Download mp3 - 23 MB ] 00:59 - "cerebral" 23:...

TL;DR: Despite an unfair advantage, my sister still wins. :) Back in September, I asked people (by e-mail and social media) to fill out ...