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Commented on Catching a Blighty
'The poppy symbol is not in commemoration of the war(s), it is worn to remember the soldiers of the Commonwealth who fought and died in them.' This is the current narrative, certainly; but it is not one that has been...
Commented on Catching a Blighty
I read a fascinating and heartening article today on subversive activity by the troops in the trenches at LibCom Essentially, outside the major offensives and shooting wars and when their staff officers weren't looking, a number of the troops in...

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)