links for 2006-11-06
Posted on November 7, 2006 - Filed Under fiction, links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Dead Man’s Holiday, by Nicholas Seeley
A crow day, if ever there was one, I think—this as I pull the collar of my jacket tight against the cold rain that’s dripping down my neck, soaking my sweater. But I figure, hell, at least it’s cold. Nothing worse than Christmas and it’s hot enough [...]
links for 2006-10-23
Posted on October 24, 2006 - Filed Under fiction, links, security | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: High Windows, by Lavie Tidhar
Part One:
Saturn/Escape
“You’re not supposed to be here, kid.”
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Researchers See Privacy Pitfalls in No-Swipe Credit Cards - New York Times
“It’s the classic ‘Let’s depend on security through obscurity — who’s going to look?’ ” he said. “Then, whoops! As soon as somebody does look, [...]
links for 2006-10-17
Posted on October 18, 2006 - Filed Under fiction, links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Winnowing the Herd, by Carrie Vaughn
Nobody was wearing perfume or fancy aftershave. It wasn’t that kind of crowd. But I did smell patchouli, three different kinds of bathing products from the Body Shop, a recently changed baby, more patchouli covering up the smell of pot, and a shedding Ger
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links for 2006-10-09
Posted on October 10, 2006 - Filed Under fiction, links | Leave a Comment
Strange Horizons Fiction: Spinning Out, by Jamie Barras, illustration by Carole Hall
A world away. Water fell like rain from every line and spar. But the sky was clear, the sea was calm; the wind but a breeze. The sunlight hurt my eyes, but I welcomed the pain.
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links for 2006-10-02
Posted on October 3, 2006 - Filed Under eten, fiction, links | Leave a Comment
ETEN M500 Accessories @ PC-Mobile
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Strange Horizons Fiction: Spinning Out, by Jamie Barras, illustration by Carole Hall
The Bay of Bengal, May of 1820 As night fell, Cap’n Macintyre gathered the crew on the quarterdeck for a council of war. “Well, lads,” he said, “what’s it to be: keep running or turn and fight?”
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How I read ebooks
Posted on August 19, 2006 - Filed Under books, ebooks, fiction, howto, sf | 8 Comments
Well, it appears the link from Boing Boing to my article about locating DRM-free ebooks may have brought a little bit more traffic here than normal (click on the thumbnail for a close-up). As a result there are a lot of good comments about other places to get your scifi than the 5 I mentioned. [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2006 - Filed Under DRM, ebooks, fiction, sf | 64 Comments
I’m a science fiction reader these days, and it has been a long time since I have read a real fiction book - I much prefer the convenience of always having a book with me that ebooks provide. So I have decided to let you know five excellent places to find DRM-free reading material, from [...]
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