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Commented on Spies!
One theory I saw by way of The Economist is that it’s a favor for Medvedev to strengthen his hand against the Soviet-era spooks....
Commented on The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend)
Roger Gammans @ 106: some of us still do dice-and-paper gaming, and I would certainly shell out for a sourcebook for the Eschaton or Laundry universes; it's not like Mr. Stross hasn't published gaming material before. (Chaosium might be quite...
Commented on The monetization paradox (or why Google is not my friend)
I agree with Sam @ 17: bring back the notion of being a patron of the arts, which comes with bragging rights. Create a corporation for the purpose. Have a web site where you set up a recurring monthly debit...

Common Misconceptions About Publishing—a series of essays about the industry I work in.
How I Got Here In The End —my non-writing autobiography, or what I did before becoming a full-time writer.
Unwirer—an experiment in weblog mediated collaborative fiction.
Shaping the Future—a talk I gave on the social implications of Moore's Law.
Japan: first impressions — or, what I did on my holidays
Inside the MIT Media Lab—what it’s like to spend a day wandering around the Media Lab.
The High Frontier, Redux — space colonization: feasible or futile?
“Nothing like this will be built again”—inside a nuclear reactor complex.
Old blog—2003-2006 (RIP)