After reading several books, blogs, and online articles on the elusively challenging art that is called writing, I felt prepared enough to actually start writing my first novel. The ideas that have been bouncing around in my head for three years took on a substantive form – characters, dialogue, even a rough overview of the […]
New Brain Candy, LLC site is live!
Just launched a new version of the Brain Candy, LLC site this week. It’s a huge improvement, although almost anything would have been (combine my limited design skills with the even more limited Google Apps web templates, and the result looks terribly…1995). We hired Alice Tang of think/feel to handle the design and WordPress implementation, […]
Spinal Tap’s free “Saucy Jack” song – not so free
Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing just posted about a new song from Spinal Tap: “Saucy Jack.” Disclosure: I’m a huge fan of Spinal Tap, and the idea that we’re getting new offerings from this band two decades after the world was introduced to the concepts of “11” and two-foot monoliths from Stonehenge makes me hopeful […]
Utherworlds Officially Launches
“All thought is alive…” The latest offering from Philip Straub, Utherworlds, is officially online. First and foremost, it’s gorgeous, something that should be no surprise to anyone familiar with Phil’s work. But what, exactly, is it? That is something each visitor will have to answer individually. There is more to Utherworlds than pictures or words. […]
Google Apps + Domains by Proxy = Failure by Irony
Registering domains when setting up Google Apps accounts and opting for privacy protection via Domains by Proxy results in you being unable to access your Domains by Proxy account.