blackanvil

Commented on Competition Time!
Installation of SCORPION STARE assets in a female co-worker's shower head is an inappropriate use of organizational equipment and a violation of the sexual harassment code of conduct. Revealing the same to said co-worker on an organization-owned computer monitor on...
Commented on The prospects of the Space and Freedom Party reconsidered in light of the crisis of 21st century capitalism
An online game I used to play, Kingdom of Loathing, had a similar problem to the current wealth concentration issue -- due to a bug, many players ended up with billions to trillions of the in-game currency (meat). New players,...
Commented on Cooking in zero gee
Alcohol. You know it's going to get made in space somehow. It won't be easy in microgravity, though. Assuming you can grow something that has either available sugars (fruits, some veggies) or starch that can be converted (barley is convenient,...
Commented on Car boot sale
As it happens, I went through a local (rural West Virginia) flea market last weekend, not so much to buy but to see what was for sale. My prediction: 3d-printers, sans the expensive feedstock cartridges. Lots of stuff made with...

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)