Daily Archives: December 20, 2010
Early Cr-48 Impressions
Posted on December 20, 2010 41 Comments
I’ve had the Chrome laptop for six whole hours now. What do I think of it so far? Well: * The black, matte “no distinguishing marks” look of the computer really appeals to my baser nerderati impulses, i.e., “oh, you have a Mac Air, do you? How nice for you. Excuse me while I pull […]
I’m a British Fantasy Award Nominee
Posted on December 20, 2010 10 Comments
For this very blog, in the non-fiction category. Very cool! Here’s the entire list of nominees, via SF Signal. Congrats to all of them. Update: Whoops, this information is from June. This is what I get for not paying attention. Never mind; as you were.
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Nerdmas
Posted on December 20, 2010 40 Comments
Hey, guess what showed up on my doorstep today: Yup, it’s one of those Cr-48s, from Google. Apparently they saw me kvetch enough about wanting one and sent one along. I did also sign up to be a beta tester, of course. But I think it was the kvetching that did it. So now I […]
Candy Candy Candy
Posted on December 20, 2010 37 Comments
Many of you know that before I had novels published, I was a frequent contributor to the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series of books — those books filled with informative, fun trivia articles just long enough to take care of one’s business, as it were. What you may not know is that I still write […]
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