I’ve never even used a Palmpilot. Ah well… Which OS are You? (via oddunout)
Month: November 2005
The Almost Finished And Barely Begun Books — Reading AND Writing Of Late
This “Lunar New Year” thing took a big hit when I started studying The Cantos with those guys at work. No more do I have spare hours to read through two or three books in a couple of weeks and post about them. These days, the spare time that isn’t taken up by other projects, and working on lesson plans, gets devoted to studying the Cantos in increasingly more detail, which is strange considering that the more I study the poems, the more I consider their author a kind of madman. In any case, I have only completed one book …
Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy?
For all you would-be SF authors (like me), here’s a guide. (nabbed from BoingBoing)
Eluvium and other worthwhile music
I’m going to post about one album I’ve really enjoyed lately, and then post a few words about other neat finds. The Big Pleasure: Eluvium’s Lambent Material Maybe you don’t like The Orb; I can understand that, but please don’t make the mistake of thinking all ambient music is like The Orb. For example, consider Brian Eno. Consider the soundscapes of John Cage. And please, definitely consider the music of Matthew Cooper, who records under the pseudonym Eluvium. My first impressions listening to it, right now, are that it is a kind of sweet, slow, Brian Enoesque thing, but with …
Julia’s Got It: Comment #2000
Julia’s comment on this post was comment #2000 on my blog. This entitles her to one very nice Korean handpainted fan which I’ll be posting her very soon. (I plan on posting a lot of things very soon, but I really will indeed be posting these things, doubt me not!) I am glad that someone who has posted as many comments as Julia lucked out in this case, as she has made a strong impression on me as a regular reader, and a helpful one, too, pointing out link errors or suggesting other interpretations of things. But I also want …