The Accidental (and Ironic) Pirate While researching different authors perspectives on e-book piracy, I tripped over a blog post by a New York Times Bestselling Author. Let's call her Jenn. (Not her real name) Jenn's blog post explains how piracy … [Read more]
Free Media, or How to Not Be a Zombie Pirate
Resources for Free Media To help prevent the spread of Zombie Piracy, I've collected some resources to help you find media files (audio, video, e-books etc...) which are free to use. Make sure to read and adhere to the terms of use carefully. Some … [Read more]
Theoatmeal.com
I'm not sure if I've cut back on linking out to other websites, or if I've just gotten more picky. Regardless, theoatmeal.com gets my endorsement for being one of the funniest websites I've ever seen. It ranks right up there with joecartoon.com … [Read more]
Land of the “Fee”
Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-X Remember when you wrote out checks to pay your bills? Those little slips of paper you stuffed into an envelope and mailed off? (Don't forget the stamp!) Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-X Remember when the "Debit Card" … [Read more]
5 Simple Ways to Make Twitter Automatically AutoMagical
Automatic for the Tweeple Welcome to 2010. Strangely, the things we've expected to be available like flying cars and holodecks... aren't. Instead, we have the ability to communicate out to the entire internet-connected world and tell them what we … [Read more]
How Bigfoot’s ‘Three-Quarter Twist’ pose changed the book cover industry
A leisurely stroll through the fiction section of your local bookstore will reveal a surprising number of book covers that are... ass. Literally. Primarily female ass. I'm going to be the very, very, very last person in the world to complain … [Read more]