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Commented on Terry Pratchett
I only met him once (in one of his infamous book signings - I had not read anything at the time, but a group of friends from the Uni Science Fiction Society were going, so I went along). I just...
Commented on Things I would make if I had a 3D printer ...
I assume readers are aware of online services such as Shapeways (http://www.shapeways.com/)and iMaterialise (http://i.materialise.com/) - both offering manufacture of parts to customers including a wide range of the technologies, both consumer grade and much higher end. If nothing else, they...
Commented on Crib Sheet: 419/Rule 34
In the case of the 3D printing article, Wikipedia is inaccurate at best, and factually wrong in a number of points which stand out on a quick read - probably more if I look at the detail. (I work in...
Commented on We interrupt this broadcast ...
I got an email from Big River Co earlier today claiming they have already shipped it out, due to arrive Monday...
Commented on Crib Sheet: The Atrocity Archive(s)
I actually bought Spectrum SF 7 and 8 especially for this, and then never got the last ones or read it from them (I hate starting something I can't finish). At the time it was stocked in the Borders in...

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Bellinghman commented on Terry Pratchett
There is that, but I've seen Terry not hesitate for a second even when not even the wiliest accountant could claim something for expenses. For instance a lunch for 6 (I think — I can list 4, and I'm sure I remember at least a couple of others) at a rather nice Japanese restaurant in Ealing. Nothing to do with any form of convention in that case, and we'd expected to split the bill. I don't know how much he was claiming expenses against anyway — I suspect not a lot. I think he was more of the school of...
frymaster commented on Terry Pratchett
In reference to "GNU Terry Pratchett" in internet headers: I say "Internet" because things have gone a bit Quantum and have moved well beyond the realm of merely web headers. As well as instructions for nearly every web server, web proxy, app server, app framework, and CMS known to man, there are also instructions for embedding it in email servers, email clients, and even one or two VOIP servers I think the reddit comment is still the largest list of instructions (though the website and a reddit wiki are catching up) https://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2yt9j6/gnu_terry_pratchett/cpcvz46 There's a couple of addons for Chrome and...
paws4thot commented on Terry Pratchett
Strongly seconded....
Greg. Tingey commented on Terry Pratchett
More public tributes are appearing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/11513128/Graffiti-tributes-to-Terry-Pratchett-emerge-in-London-and-Bristol.html...
Not that charlie commented on Terry Pratchett
I never met him, and when I heard about his disease I was glad. As it was I cried like a child when I heard of his death, but at least I will always know the man from his best: Granny and her bees, Death flipping burgers, Sam Vimes against the werewolf in an icy stream, Carrot the man who won't be king. If there is an author who did more to improve my character through the unpreaching example of his own creations, I couldn't name them. The world lost an important voice at a time we need him more...

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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)

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