mhellwig
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Commented on CMAP #3: What Authors sell to Publishers
darn, OpenID-login not working for me .. anyway, very much looking forward to the "rights for english sales to non-english-speaking-countries (and point of sale not in an english-speaking country)" explanation. I've always been curious how it works with (e.g.) amazon.de...
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Commented on More Flame Bait
I tried to order from the pckeyboards people before getting the DasKeyboard, but a) emails were not answered b) they are a US-only operation, as it seems, which means customs/taxes for me to get it to Germany c) I read...
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Commented on More Flame Bait
(and also to Charlie @102) the "new" keyboard I mentioned earlier that is coming out this year and also makes my inner geek go "squeee" is this one: http://www.guru-board.com/ also, re the DasKeyboard: I understand (too much time-distance between using...
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Commented on More Flame Bait
re the DasKeyboard or not or whatever. To this German-speaking-person, it seemed natural to, in English, say "the DasKeyboard", given how "das" is in this case a part of the productname (there is no blank between "das" and "keyboard" on...
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Commented on More Flame Bait
well, there are a few things I'd change about the DasKeyboard if I could. I'd add a trackpoint matte finish instead of glossy .. because of the ugly-fingerprints-issue But for the part that matters, i.e. the typing, it's just great....
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Commented on More Flame Bait
I hear you on the industrial design point, but I think I get better design elsewhere, with a few small exceptions (I want that magsave thingy as soon as the patent expires .. how long untill that patent expires?)...
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Commented on The sound of silence
Wunch vs 4chan: THIS!...
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Commented on The sound of silence
I love how that cover goes together with the cover blurb by Krugman. Giddy with anticipation!...
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Commented on The sound of silence
re Post 16: hell YEAH, something as cheery as Missile Gap would go down nicely. Just make it kinda Peter Watts-level of optimism, I love that stuff ;)...
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Commented on The sound of silence
I'm very much looking forward to the last (for now) MP book mostly also because I just wanna know HOW you're going to resolve it within one novel-length book. Hope you didn't pull a Stephenson, so to speak (although of...