Leonard just left CollabNet and thus finished his last day of work there. I'm excited and happy for him but also anxious. I hope it all turns out for the best.
MC Masala this week: an anecdote about a teachable moment. As I wrote the lesson plan, I had to decide on milestones for our first discussion of Le Guin. I knew where I wanted to …
Leonard and I have returned from a sojourn in Southern California, where we witnessed the Andrew/Claudia wedding. Congratulations! I'm glad we also got to see Frances, Rachel, Susanna, and John. And Gretel, Frances's dog. Gretel …
Salon just redesigned its main page. I am basically dismissing out of hand any complaints from the first 24 hours, unless they come from someone whose judgment I trust, because web users are curmudgeonly and …
"The woman was in the 300 block of Niagara Avenue, about a block from the Balboa Park BART station, when about 10 kids -- both boys and girls -- assaulted her and stole her purse, …
There's someone I have to email who works for Multimedia Games. However, every single email I send to any address at that company gets bounced with the error: 500 Mail appears to be unsolicited -- …
Salon carries a series called "Object Lust". The Oct. 4th feature: me on home delivery of organic produce. I go on and on about beets and persimmons, tee-hee.
MC Masala for this week takes you to a suburban house in boomtown Silicon Valley, a generic place where I remember spending every weekend in the 1990s. Kids ran around the house, shrieking and playing, …
I only appreciate good editors when I run into an edit that makes my work worse.
Years ago, when I worked at Cody's Books, I got to introduce Bruce Sterling. I got a giant cardboard blowup of his book cover, and I've never quite figured out where to put it. Last …
