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STILL RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND
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* The Thanksgiving Advent Calendar 2011 -- One thing I'm thankful for, every day in November, through Thanksgiving.
* The Big Idea -- Authors explaining the the big ideas behind their latest works, in their own words. Authors: for information on how to participate, click here.
* Clash of the Geeks -- A short story collection to benefit the Lupus Alliance of America, featuring stories by me, Wil Wheaton, Cat Valente, Patrick Rothfuss and others.
* Random Whatever -- Click this link, and you'll be taken to a random Whatever entry in the archive. Which one will you get? Got me!
Today’s Books Sent to Scalzi
- After the Fall Before the Fall During the Fall, Nancy Kress (4/1): Random-appearing kidnappings are anything but. http://t.co/XcdD9Url 1 month ago
- Apocalypse to Go, Katherine Kerr (2/7): A secret agent must find her kidnapped siblings in a weird(er) San Francisco. http://t.co/6nrVU9aG 1 month ago
- Westward Weird, Greenberg/Hughes, ed (2/7): A collection of speculative tales set in the wild west. http://t.co/o3tdQ474 1 month ago
- Forest Moon Rising, P.R. Frost (2/7): A fantasy writer tracks down real-life demons from another dimension. http://t.co/IoWIu0UM 1 month ago
- Dark Victory, Michele Lang (1/17): A young woman turns to supernatural means to fight the Nazis and their evil. http://t.co/1SJ9H4Ec 1 month ago
- Shadow Ops: Control Point, Myke Cole (1/31): A soldier goes underground when he manifests prohibited magical powers. http://t.co/bftIz6fe 1 month ago
- All Things Wicked, Karina Cooper (1/31): A woman confronts the man she loves, who also betrayed her coven. http://t.co/IHM3Bypf 1 month ago
- Aristeia: Revolutionary Right, Wayne Basta (out): A disillusioned smuggler must challenge the existing order . http://t.co/gCRm1XUL 1 month ago
- The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 6, Jonathan Strahan, ed (3/6): Gaiman, Link, Doctorow and more. http://t.co/hGzNrlc4 1 month ago
- Seven Princes, John R. Fultz (out): A long-peaceful land is threatened by war. First in a series. http://t.co/qZ1qukJs 1 month ago
The Blatherations of Others
- Unholyguy on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Unholyguy on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- DGL on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Gulliver on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Gulliver on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Mike on Shadow War of the Night Dragons Wins Tor.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Award
- Unholyguy on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- 13enster on Shadow War of the Night Dragons Wins Tor.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Award
- BillK on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Unholyguy on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Greg on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- BillK on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Greg on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Kat Goodwin on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- Gulliver on Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
Whatwitters
- Wearing a suit today. I'm scared too. http://t.co/NEPkDKVw 1 hour ago
- Wow, there are some spectacularly shitty films in Netflix's streaming service. 15 hours ago
- Watching Ang Lee's "Hulk" mostly make me want to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." 20 hours ago
- Wife tells me I'm on my own for dinner. That's okay. I have a spoon. And a tub of Land O' Lakes butter. 20 hours ago
- When did @SalmanRushdie become a moonshiner? http://t.co/998ya07e 20 hours ago
- Oh my god, my daughter's orthodontist has an open wifi connection. TIME TO DOWNLOAD PORN. 1 day ago
- In the case of the http://t.co/fqASxDha award, I might have to thank the kittehs. 1 day ago
- Oh, AND: "Shadow War of the Night Dragons" won the 2011 http://t.co/fqASxDha Reader's Choice Award for Short Fiction: http://t.co/evQdRjEp 1 day ago
- Between the Nebulas and the Audies, it's an awards-riffic day, y'all. 1 day ago
- I share my Audie noms with @wilw, who narrated the audiobooks. He's also nominated for a third work, 'cause he's all that. 1 day ago
Recently on Whatever
- Shadow War of the Night Dragons Wins Tor.com’s 2011 Readers’ Choice Award
- China, Hollywood, 3D
- Boskone, Briefly
- Fuzzy Nation and Agent to the Stars: Audie Nominated
- This Year’s Nebula Awards Nominations
- Michael Blauser, 1945 – 2012
- Sunday Update
- Boskone Update, Saturday
- Not Being Able to Scrape By With $200k Is Usually Your Own Fault
- The New Book: 24 Frames Into the Future
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The tech is fine. It’s the programmers who are nuts.
As a programmer I’m deeply offend…yeah, you’re right, we are nuts.
Be sure that the front end slows down. You don’t want computer stretch!
Damn you, Scalzi. I only panic when you tell me not to.
What is a “backend” in this case?
Gina, it means that Scalzi is dragging ass this morning.
He’s a notorious slacker, so this isn’t exactly surprising…
Well you could take a laxative, or if those give you cramps a stool softener might help…
Oh wait… it’s your site’s backend, not yours. Carry on then.
:-D
They’re changing the ball bearings.
Bet you didn’t know that. Modern Internet servers all use ball bearings to speed up traffic.
That and laxatives for the back end servers.
Gina, did you want me to look at your backend?
Patrick–thanks. but no.