Category: Blog
I’m not a slave
Stop calling them terrorists.
Stop calling them terrorists. Accuse them of a specific crime. They are criminals, not fairytale monsters. A real conversation needs clarity of language. The only way we could get where we are today is by ignoring the details and reality of what has happened and focusing on emotional reactions to scary, abstract ideas like terror.… Continue reading Stop calling them terrorists.
Tarkin
“Only glory can follow a man to the grave.” Tarkin follows the formative years of Tarkin, a master strategist and military commander. The book also follows his relationship with Sidious and Vader, and his rise to power. We see him work together with Vader to solve a complex problem and uncover a number of conspiracies.… Continue reading Tarkin
Tonight, I closed my eyes and meditated on the eyes I’ve loved that wont open again
Tonight, I closed my eyes and meditated on the eyes I’ve loved that wont open again. So many friends live now, only in my heart and memory. So many candles burned bright and did not go quiet into that good night, but raged and raged. In dying, further yet illuminating the already bright inspiration they… Continue reading Tonight, I closed my eyes and meditated on the eyes I’ve loved that wont open again
Snow Crash Excerpt
“No surprises” is the motto of the franchise ghetto, its Good Housekeeping seal, subliminally blazoned on every sign and logo that make up the curves and grids of light that outline the Basin. The people of America, who live in the world’s most surprising and terrible country, take comfort in that motto. Follow the loglo… Continue reading Snow Crash Excerpt
Futurism: Getting Off The Ground
Elon Musk recently said that in his view, all forms of transportation will eventually become electric, except for orbital flight which will always be done with rockets. This immediately struck me as incorrect. The more I think about it, the more wrong he seems about rockets. NASA is currently developing the SLS or Space Launch… Continue reading Futurism: Getting Off The Ground
Blog: Nexus 6 And Moto 360
I bought a Nexus 6 and Moto 360. These two devices together make me more connected than I’ve ever been. I love the instantaneous access to people and information. There are a few problems, and a million wishes-come-true. The battery life on the Nexus 6 is over 25 hours with constant, heavy use. I listen… Continue reading Blog: Nexus 6 And Moto 360
Blog: Pioneer Courthouse Square
I’m sitting in an unusual cafe. Instead of walls, there are windows floor-to-ceiling all the way around the building. Situated at the corner of the square in downtown Portland, I have an excellent view of the massive christmas tree in front of me, towering over crowds of people rushing between trains and busses. I’ve worked… Continue reading Blog: Pioneer Courthouse Square
Neuromancer
“Between the trees, on gentle and too cleverly irregular slopes of sweet green grass, the bright umbrellas shaded the hotel’s guests from the unfaltering radiance of the [artifical] sun. A burst of French from a nearby table caught his attention: the golden children he’d seen gliding above river mist the evening before. Now he saw… Continue reading Neuromancer
Snow Crash Excerpt
“The Alaska Highway — is the world’s longest franchise ghetto, a one-dimensional city two thousand miles long and a hundred feet wide, and growing at the rate of a hundred miles a year, or as quickly as people can drive up to the edge of the wilderness and park their bagos in the next available… Continue reading Snow Crash Excerpt