No maps for these territories

My neighbors are having a birthday party for their 1-year old today, and I can hear the kids playfully shrieking next door. They invited me, but I am not really in the mood for making small talk with strangers.* ——- I am cleaning, instead, and drinking a nice shiraz. Specifically I am cleaning up paper; [...]

I am listening to the Democratic Convention on NPR. I have been particularly irritated with NPR lately however, not least because of their heavy coverage of what I consider to be the non-story of Clinton voters refusing to vote for Obama. Does anyone actually feel this way?* Do you feel this way? Do you know [...]

Well, since nearly everyone on my f-list seems bound and determined to write a book or continue with the writing of same, despite my best advice, all I can say is stock up on coffee and make sure your loved ones are tolerant I have to say, though, this weekend has been pretty good. I [...]

Congratulations Ms. and soon to be Mrs.

My book How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, coauthored with Charles Matthews and Ben Yates, shipped to the printer today. You can preorder from a number of places including Powell’s and No Starch Press, the lovely and patient publisher, who no doubt has a handful of editorial staff out [...]

1) For someone out there who likes political science — can you fix this article so it doesn’t sound like a 12th-grade term paper? Thank you. 2) For the electrical engineers and engineering librarians that read this: do you think keeping old semiconductor databooks (Motorola, Philips, et al) is a good idea? The ones I [...]

this is why I am writing the book. Sheesh.