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Entries from June 2009

The doldrums

June 16th, 2009 · No Comments

I fast approach the thirty thousand word mark in my new novel. This is the danger zone, the portion of the novel-writing process where it is “oh so easy” to consider the whole enterprise a piece of shiite and toss it over in favor of television or video game zombie-blasting or that bottle of Smirnoff [...]

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Work or Play?

June 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Recently I’ve been considering just what I want this blog to be, and whether I want the focus to remain on my writing, or whether I’ll leak in other bits of my life, such as my career in IT. My VP friend Anthony Ha triggered my ruminations via a Tweet and linkage to this article [...]

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What’s old is new

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments

I composed my earlier post in a fit of delusion and under the influence of ignorance. Before I discovered that existing iPhone users would not be subsidized. Before I discovered a new iPhone would cost me nearly $500. Urge to buy new shiny…falling.

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New iPhone

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments

I feel the urge for new shiny. It is growing. New iPhone. It is coming! I missed the first generation of iPhone, but eagerly hopped on board for the second wave. I’ve been very happy with it, despite some of its quirks (no cut & paste–seriously?). Many of those quirks, like the cut & paste, [...]

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