If there’s one thing I don’t like about Mac OS X, it’s that it’s all too easy to delete a printer. I’ve done it a few times when I thought I was deleting a print job. At the very least, I’d like to see some sort of “Are you sure you want to delete this … Read more
“Plone!” screamed the Tick as he attempted to hack his way through the wilderness of Content Management Software. “Plone!” he shouted, as he finally found a solution that looked like it would work. “… plone…” he whimpered, as he realized just how freaking complicated process of customizing an open source CMS would be. Of course, … Read more
StarGirl’s been babbling consistently for the last few months — she likes to “read” books to herself, sitting on the floor, paging through her picture books and mumbling along with each flip. She also likes to tell me how her day was when I get home, babbling on and off from the time I walk … Read more
Having put out one call for libertarian science fiction, I’m now asking my readers for suggestions regarding Objectivist science fiction. The reason is the same — I’m planning on doing a special feature on the subject for an upcoming issue of Nuketown, and I’m in need of more links. Objectivism is the philosophy put forward … Read more
I got the Frozen Throne expansion for Warcraft III (Amazon) for Christmas, and I’m finding myself happily addicted to it all over again. Not that I ever really stopped playing it. I did beat the campaign mode a few months back, but I’ve been slowly working my way through all the multiplayer maps, trying to beat … Read more
In an upcoming edition of Nuketown, I plan to do a feature on libertarian science fiction, including an overview of sub-genre, essays on libertarian SF and short reviews of books, movies and television series. I also want to include links to similar resources on other web sites — if it deals with SF and classical … Read more
I bet the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is making a heck of a lot of school administrators very, very nervous. And if they’re not … they should be. The latest Harry Potter book — the fifth in the series — is a story of quiet rebellion and passive-aggressive resistance against the … Read more
My daughter StarGirl’s is eight months old (actually, she’ll be nine months next week). Her hair is slowly coming in — she’s got a few curls around the back of her head — but we still don’t have a clue if its going to be light brown or red (we’re still hoping for red, since … Read more
“Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.” — Lazarus Long, Time Enough for Love The willfully ignorant really piss me off. You know, the sort of people who have a great number of opinions about a great number of things, none of which are based on actual fact. Not only that, they are … Read more
The gaming world is abuzz with an online auction being held at Christies.com for a Roman twenty-sided die (d20). Check it out for yourself. The item’s described as a “Roman Glass Gaming Die” that was created around the 2nd century A.D. It’s deep blue-green in color, and has different symbols carved into each of its … Read more