This day in history

2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2024.

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 Handbag embossed with handgun https://web.archive.org/web/20050114061719/http://www.popgadget.net/2005/01/guardian-angel-bags.html

#15yrsago Stripped of opportunites for wonder, gratitude and guilt https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2010/the-enlightening-bridge-between-art-and-work/

#15yrsago France’s anti-piracy goon squad pirates the font in its logo https://torrentfreak.com/french-3-strikes-group-unveils-copyright-infringing-logo-100112/

#15yrsago Steven Brust’s IORICH: sword and sorcery and law and order https://memex.craphound.com/2010/01/12/steven-brusts-iorich-sword-and-sorcery-and-law-and-order/

#15yrsago Bruce Sterling’s wonderful novella Kiosk in podcast form http://www.starshipsofa.com/blog/2010/01/13/aural-delights-no-116-bruce-sterling/

#10yrsago Recipe: picture book that introduces sloppy cooking and social engineering https://memex.craphound.com/2015/01/12/recipe-picture-book-that-introduces-sloppy-cooking-and-social-engineering/

#5yrsago Glossary: Chinese futurist military jargon https://memex.craphound.com/2020/01/12/glossary-chinese-futurist-military-jargon/

#1yrago The Cult of Mac https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/#if-dishwashers-were-iphones

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