A note for the future… How can I reuse public domain works? – Books Help.

My initial reaction was along the lines of, “ugh, I like Gaiman, but get so annoyed by lawsuits”. Having read a few articles though, I can’t really blame him… I’m still deeply torn on copyright issues, but this is worth getting on the record for the sake of comics writers. I do like that any [...]

Day before the last day of clients and I’m fighting a creative and motivational funk. Rather than turning this into an extended screed on my personal mental convulsions I’ll just retire to some ponderings on the ethics of ethanol while listening to Amanda Palmer (thank you Neil, for giving me my new grumpy music by [...]

grrr. digging into virginia tax law is just as frustrating as norfolk business licensing. On the plus side, some of the publishing goals expressed back in January might actually be achieved-ish.

If there is one thing that I cannot stand, it is apathy and lack of intellectual curiosity. Looking back at my work today, I saw a few errors of my own (be firmer, stutter less, don’t get flustered)… but the primary flaw that I saw was in my clients. They made no effort to even [...]

I know some will hate this article because it is introduced in context of a recent bit of Apple news. And some will hate it because it is in favor of government regulation. But here’s the deal: If you accept that the government should be involved in business at all… you should think about this. [...]

Reading.

Ahh, how I love the sweet forward march of technology. On the bad side, my sister’s laptop died 3 months in, and since it is very used and about 4 years old, there’s no warranty on it. The good side, its just a bad hard drive. 20 minutes after opening the mailing box I had [...]

Another simple day. These break days are exactly sort of relaxing both of us have needed. Today I mainly read and played Dragon Age. I am mostly through the Broken Circle quest line… I think. Once I got trapped in the Fade timelines became rather confusing. Not that I am in any hurry. The game [...]

Or not? The best thing about starting serious blogging again on April 1st is that if I fail to keep up, I can always go back and claim that the whole attempt was an April Fool’s joke. The last month or so was pretty rough. The wife and I both got sick twice, which was [...]

Some days you just have to pause and be thankful for what you have, and how things work out. (Yes, dear reader, this is going to be an uncharacteristically sappy, but heartfelt, post.) This morning didn’t start off so well. Sometime around 5:30 I decided to take the day off from work for a variety [...]