Monthly Archives: June 2007

Video Gambling

Links: Some people in Ohio have been trying to get a video gambling game approved by claiming it’s a game of skill. (Tried to link to an article, but the newspaper’s search results page won’t let me “see more” because … Continue reading

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Links: Book Deals and GMaps Pedometer

Links: My Book Deal Ruined My Life in The New York Observer: And even before the potential post-publication humiliation, there’s deadline pressure; crippling self-doubt; diets of Entenmann’s pastries and black coffee; self-made cubicles structured with piles of books, papers and … Continue reading

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Dvorak update

My stopwatch is dead. Where’s Sylar when you need him? Forward Motion’s annual Dvorak challenge has started. I am going to try to get my speed and accuracy up. I type around 50-55 wpm now, with 1-2 mistakes per minute, … Continue reading

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Lettuce and Links

My lettuce has sprouted; a few seeds of something else have also started coming up. Or maybe two something elses. (No, I didn’t label my herb container. They’ll become identifiable eventually.) Links: Sci-fi writers join war on terror — The … Continue reading

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