Hacker Boy continues to surprise me. In many ways, he is the consummate San Francisco gothy hacker boy (thus the accuracy of the name). He is tall and lanky, skinny and pale; always in long sleeves and all-black, with black boots. The only color you’ll see is in his accessories — one of two laptops,…
Year: 2007
Still alive!
No, I’m not in jail for blogging at unsafe speeds; I’m under a pile of work — I’ve been answering questions for two major magazine interviews, have been approached to write for two others (one is shockingly mainstream), am still on the gnarly deadline and have started work on another book… and am trying to…
AVN, pin-ups on the moon, adware porn convictions, sex patents and more
* Great sex links over on Boing Boing — as usual, the blog moves so fast, blink and you miss them. I *love* the story Playboy centerfold pranks from the late 1960s — the astronauts had no idea they were carrying cheesecake until they were *on the moon* — so very cool. * Also, read…
Finally, Laughing Squid anniversary photos!
It only took them a few months and an “ahem!” email from me tonight to get the Photoboof photos from the Laughing Squid 06 anniversary party online! Such a fun party — much like last night’s EFF Sweet 16 party (here’s my set). At the Laughing Squid party, I got cute in the ‘boof with…
More bankruptcy news, oh joy
So, as outlined in my last post about AMS bankruptcy, indy pub authors like me won’t be seeing a royalty check until June/July — pretty intense if this is what you live on, like I *did*. I’m not sure how I feel about the latest news delivered via the RE/Search newsletter, snip: “The Latest at…
HowTo: Seduce A Mac Geek — A Macworld Sex Guide
This week’s Chronicle/Gate column is How To: Seduce A Mac Geek — A Macworld Sex Guide. The mail is coming in hot and heavy, here’s a snip: Avoid Opening Lines About Intel Also, don’t jump the gun and start talking about the OS X Tiger Family Pack. This is probably the one time you’ll be…
Amazing Asian bigboob sculptures
I have a friend who just had a baby — I think this might be what she feels like right now. Jokes about backing up the milk truck aside, you have to see the rest of the hooteriffic photo set (via), showing the making of these exquisite topheavy sculptures, in a variety of sizes. Can…
PBS’ Mediashift digs deeper into the Google problem
This is a truly excellent piece about the Google sex blog breakdown — it certainly has more information about what happened than any other post or article so far, and it puts forth some constructive critical thought about Google’s emerging power issues. Full, excited disclosure: I’m featured throughout the piece, with quotes I’m proud of…
Please don’t take our Lusty Lady away
As reported on Gawker and in my inbox, the spraycan huffing editors at the Village Voice have suddenly axed one of my favorite (and in my opinion, one of the best American) sex columns: Rachel Kramer Bussel‘s Lusty Lady. I’ve always been able to count on her column for the latest sex trends, excellent writing,…
Giant sex toy retailer Adam and Eve phasing out unsafe sex toys
This is huge news! Last year my article and podcast about unsafe sex toys got a lot of positive attention, and since then there have been more articles and studies about unsafe chemicals in sex toys — particularly phthalates, and those “jelly rubber” toys. I also listed the issue as one of the top ten…