Object permanence

2005, 2010, 2015, 2024.

I’m on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel Picks and Shovels. Catch me TOMORROW (Feb 17) for an event in MENLO PARK with Charlie Jane Anders, and TUESDAY (Feb 18) for an event in BURBANK with Wil Wheaton. More tour dates here.

#20yrsago Why can’t you fast-forward with a Comcast PVR? https://web.archive.org/web/20050213010107/http://pvrblog.com/pvr/2005/02/american_idol_b.html

#20yrsago China Mieville’s 50 sf/f novels for socialists https://fantasticmetropolis.com/i/50socialist

#20yrsago Fawlty Towers hotel bought by fans of the show https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/16/arts.artsnews1

#15yrsago Jogger who gave the finger to South African presidential motorcade is hooded and detained https://web.archive.org/web/20100220131908/http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=6&art_id=vn20100217062211616C809058

#15yrsago Music industry to musicbloggers: there’s no point in obeying the law https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/02/musicblogocide

#15yrsago Makedo: universal connectors that turn everything into tinkertoys https://web.archive.org/web/20111020190438/http://www.mymakedo.com/shop

#15yrsago Ebook checklist from EFF https://www.eff.org/wp/digital-books-and-your-rights

#10yrsago Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep https://memex.craphound.com/2015/02/16/dreamland-adventures-in-the-strange-science-of-sleep/

#10yrsago Martin Luther playset is the best-selling toy of all time https://www.newsweek.com/martin-luther-playmobil-toy-sells-out-germany-following-record-breaking-demand-306329

#1yrago How America’s oligarchs lull us with the be-your-own-boss fairy tale https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/16/narrative-capitalism/#sell-job