I tend to agree with Cory Doctorow on intellectual property stuff, and on that count the link below is worth reading. But the quotation – which I know […]
Random Thoughts
It’s frightening to hear someone complain about reading a required journal article… because the author tried to make it interesting and used some color text. Or to hear […]
Because magical realism can be campy, too.
Because there’s no 100-word story this week, I’m going to steal a page from Peter Watts, and give you a little glimpse of something… The cold fog swept […]
White Guy on the Diversity Committee
“I’ve been wanting to introduce you to Steve,” she said. “He’s the guy I think should be on our diversity committee.” I blushed. She had mentioned this a […]
Degrading Gracefully
The concept of degrading has a different emphasis in the world of technology. When we talk about degrading in the physical world, it is always in the sense […]
Thinking Differently
He meant it as a compliment, but I think it was an excuse. “Well, Steve, you just think at a different level than the rest of us.” He […]