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Commented on Spoiler Thread
Not a spoiler, but you might want to know that at least through B&N (and thus in the US), the ebook has DRM on it. Getting this to work on my linux tablet was a pain. (An I understand it...
Commented on Competition Time!
While laudable in intent ("to increase productivity"), use of temporal manipulation "because modafinil wasn't cutting it anymore" resulted in multiple anachronistic incursions. Mobilization of the Special Media Directorate as cover has resulted in two critically acclaimed programmes that will require...
Commented on Competition Time!
Regardless of "cleverness", unauthorized use of alchemical transposition techniques are now explicitly forbidden on the following properties: critical mass (related note: Remove all smoke detectors with americium from all Laundry facilities) electronegativity boiling and/or freezing point if not in same...

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)