This day in history

2002, 2007, 2012, 2017

#20yrsago The Brunching Shuttlecocks’ Geek Heirarchy https://web.archive.org/web/20020105203757/http://www.brunching.com/features/geekhierarchy.html

#15yrsago Eating at every restaurant in the phone book in alphabetical order http://www.probability.ca/diners/rules.html

#10yrsago Distrust That Particular Flavor: William Gibson’s long-overdue essay collection https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/03/distrust-that-particular-flavor-william-gibsons-long-overdue-essay-collection/

#10yrsago Photos from the first science fiction convention, 1937 http://www.fiawol.org.uk/fanstuff/THEN%20Archive/1937con.htm

#5yrsago Unfuck Your Habitat: compassionate cleaning advice, even for people terrified by Marie Kondo https://memex.craphound.com/2017/01/03/unfuck-your-habitat-compassionate-cleaning-advice-even-for-people-terrified-by-marie-kondo/

Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, and blogger. He has a podcast, a newsletter, a Twitter feed, a Mastodon feed, and a Tumblr feed. He was born in Canada, became a British citizen and now lives in Burbank, California. His latest nonfiction book is How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. His latest novel for adults is Attack Surface. His latest short story collection is Radicalized. His latest picture book is Poesy the Monster Slayer. His latest YA novel is Pirate Cinema. His latest graphic novel is In Real Life. His forthcoming books include The Shakedown (with Rebecca Giblin), a book about artistic labor market and excessive buyer power; Red Team Blues, a noir thriller about cryptocurrency, corruption and money-laundering (Tor, 2023); and The Lost Cause, a utopian post-GND novel about truth and reconciliation with white nationalist militias (Tor, 2023).