I can’t decide whether this is really cute or a sin. Having grown up quite in love with my father’s cuckoo clock, however, I’m voting for abomination at the least.
Category Archives: One-link-ers
Tunnel House
Ever feel like your house was going to implode?
Are U.S. Cellphone Carriers Calcified?
David Pogue discusses some of the real changes the iPhone is likely to bring about for the cellphone market. In other words, even if you don’t have any plansto buy an iPhone, the fact that it’s out there competing for your dollar just might gain you new features and a more flexible cellphone company.
Banter Latte: A fiction feed for you!
Today, on Websnark, Eric Burns formally announced his fiction site, which means now I can tell you about it :)
Banter Latte is, (as Eric describes in the link above) a site where he can post his fiction — both old stuff and new — in varying genres and styles. He’s got a heavy bend for sci-fi and superhero stories, with a good smattering of fantasy/mythology as well. It does help to be somewhat familiar with Gossamer Commons to understand what’s going on in the post out of the Gossamer universe, but I think you’ll enjoy it either way.
As for me, I’ve found them all enjoyable so far, and that’s coming from someone who finds most superhero fiction/comics to be meh. I also take most of them at face-value — were I to sit down and analyze them English-major style I’d probably see more of the scratches and dents, but hey, that’s not what I feel like doing.
One warning: they are full stories. That means they’re long. These are not posts you can skim through between tasks at work, nor are they items you can read during the commercials in between innings. You’ll want to set some time aside. Enjoy!
A Reprieve for Internet Radio
Slashdot reports that internet radio might be getting a reprieve from the insane rate hike that was being requested for broadcasting their music over the internet.
Reason Magazine – Ghetto Capitalists
I got to Reason Magazine – Ghetto Capitalists from a link from a link from a link from Fark – but it’s an interesting read. It’s review of a book about the economics of the urban poor, and a reminder that there is an economy and capitalism, even among the urban poor. It’s also an argument for deregulation that you probably won’t find anywhere else.