Words of wisdom from a combustable amphibian.
I’ll have to confess to a certain amount of hypocrisy. I have developed a deep dislike of Paypal, especially after reading the horror stories behind Paypalsucks.org, yet I still have a paypal account of my own. (Unfortunately, for many online services it is the only form of payment accepted. Rather than do without, I’ve buckled [...]
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You may remember that back on April 9 I wrote a short essay called Is Cory Doctorow Bad for E-books, which was about the growing trend of giving away e-books to fuel print-book sales. This essay garnered a few comments at Teleread, which was in turn picked up elsewhere. That was interesting, as I had [...]
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It’s funny how things can turn around. The other day I made a whiney post about burnout and all the stuff I had to do. I really have been feeling burnt out. Overwhelmed. Working on so many things but accomplishing very little. I was seriously considering taking a day off next week just to decompress. [...]
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As some of you know, my day job (when I’m not slaving away with 12 to Midnight) is at a university. Last week was Spring Break, so I stayed home with Tadpoles 1 & 2 while Mrs. Flametoad went to work at her real-world job where concepts like Spring Break are mere fantasies. Watching (and [...]
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