Year: 2007

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…