by CJ | Oct 13, 2012 | Journal
Disaster and disease and trips and computer screwups and eagles over the pond notwithstanding—we have covers, we have text, and soon we will have copyright and other details that go with it. I’ve been frustrated that I haven’t understood the new...
by CJ | Oct 12, 2012 | Journal
Gophones are great. 10 cents a call, 100.00 a year. We were paying big for phone connectivity, mostly for phones to let us locate each other in a supermarket. OTOH, AT&T conducts psychological warfare against go-phone users: it has 4 layers of bots, some of them...
by CJ | Oct 12, 2012 | Journal
Gophones are great. 10 cents a call, 100.00 a year. We were paying big for phone connectivity, mostly for phones to let us locate each other in a supermarket. OTOH, AT&T conducts psychological warfare against go-phone users: it has 4 layers of bots, some of them...
by CJ | Oct 9, 2012 | Journal
The proposed mission Outside of the romance of the notion—it’s brilliant. And…math beyond the speed of light. the weirdness beyond lightspeed
by CJ | Oct 9, 2012 | Journal
First I’m on the end of my contact lenses, need to order some—went to Fencon on just about the last of my lenses, didn’t take a spare—now, understand, I can see far off just fine without glasses or contacts. I CAN drive without glasses or...
by CJ | Oct 8, 2012 | Journal
sacrificed army For quite a while modern historians have been inclined to doubt the Roman viewpoint in history: if Romans reported it, it’s got to be propaganda has been the view quite conspicuously on the history channel, with certain folk with whom yrs truly...
by CJ | Oct 7, 2012 | Journal
I think there’s been a discussion of this on the Alliance Union thread.
by CJ | Oct 5, 2012 | Journal
Apparently the plant has an affinity for arsenic (the atevi might think it a nice trait)—and sucks it up where available. Now, the US set acceptable arsenic levels in drinking water. But—you take to raising rice on certain ground, and apparently it will do...
by CJ | Oct 4, 2012 | Journal
Thank you, Donna, for the suggestion. I don’t know whether it’s the silver or the sugar that’s done it, but it went from a full-blown upper-respiratory awfulness to pretty bearable in 15 minutes, and I got some sleep last night in a stack of about 6...
by CJ | Oct 1, 2012 | Journal
…the infamous Convention Crud. I think the fires and the smoky drive set us up for it. It’s respiratory, and I’m chilled, dizzy and feel like heck, but improving. I laid out this morning and just rested. Now I’m feeling a little...
by CJ | Sep 30, 2012 | Journal
We offer about 9 different formats. This has always been subject to review re the evolving technology, and we are looking at the extra time we take to convert—and vet, which is the time-heavy part—all 9 of these formats. What would be the feeling if we...
by CJ | Sep 29, 2012 | Journal
A Texas convention run by fen, attended by fen who read, and in a very nice, friendly hotel…pretty big convention, and panels full of people who read and enjoy sf. We were worried after our experience earlier this year, but I can say this is a convention worth...
