Object permanence

2005, 2010, 2015, 2020.

Picks and Shovels is a new, standalone technothriller starring Marty Hench, my two-fisted, hard-fighting, tech-scam-busting forensic accountant. You can pre-order it on my latest Kickstarter, which features a brilliant audiobook read by Wil Wheaton.

#20yrsago American Airlines invents reasons to ask me for a dossier on my friends’ home addresses https://memex.craphound.com/2005/01/21/american-airlines-invents-reasons-to-ask-me-for-a-dossier-on-my-friends-home-addresses/

#15yrsago TSA plants baggie of white powder in traveller’s bag https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20100121_Daniel_Rubin__It_was_no_joke_at_security_gate.html

#15yrsago Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb: classic kids’ book about drumming beatnik monkeys https://memex.craphound.com/2010/01/21/hand-hand-fingers-thumb-classic-kids-book-about-drumming-beatnik-monkeys/

#15yrsago Does the Uncanny Valley exist? https://web.archive.org/web/20100123181533/https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/robotics/4343054.html

#10yrsago Alien overlord: stop blaming me for your city’s housing bubble! https://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/stop-complaining-zathbog-planet-cibwarv-inflating-u-s-housing-prices

#5yrsago Boda Boda fashion show: equipping Nairobi motor taxi drivers with outfits to match their glorious bikes https://janhoek.net/BODA-BODA-MADNESS

#5yrsago China announces ban of single-use plastic bags and straws https://www.dw.com/en/china-to-ban-single-use-plastic-bags-and-straws/a-52065123

#5yrsago Greta Thunberg has a crisply articulated demand https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/21/business/greta-thunberg-davos/index.html

#5yrsago Riot Baby: an afrofuturist science fiction novella of race, rage and fierce resistance https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/21/riot-baby-an-afrofuturist-science-fiction-novella-of-race-rage-and-fierce-resistance/

Check out my Kickstarter to pre-order copies of my next novel, Picks and Shovels!