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Readercon 21

July 8, 2010
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I‘m off to Readercon 21. I wrote about the conference last year, but the big difference for me is that I am this year’s Program Chair, which means I’m in charge of the content creation and scheduling processes. It’s a job that has consumed every available moment of my life since May, which explains why [...]

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Rock That Font

June 11, 2010
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A friend and reader of this blog sent me this email about a month ago: About the typography of rock album covers: http://rockthatfont.com/ I have never seen a website that seems more precisely designed for [you] — except that there are no recipes, alas. A visit to the site confirmed his description; it was as [...]

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Presumed Abundance

April 6, 2010
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In the early ’90s I attempted to start a computer game company with five other partners. Somehow the role of front man eventually fell to me. If you know anything about me, you know that I’m not a “people person,” yet I was told that my no-bullshit approach to pitching what out fledgling company had [...]

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The Return of Doctor Tony

March 17, 2010
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The Yo Gaba Gabba! episode featuring Anthony Bourdain aired last week, and it was just as surreal as the preview made it out to be. There’s a tradition of notoriously foul-mouthed celebrities appearing on children’s shows: George Carlin was Mr. Conductor on Shining Time Station (as was Alec Baldwin), go back and you ‘ll find [...]

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Meet Doctor Tony

February 22, 2010
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If you watch Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and you are also a parent of young children (or a tragic hipster), then you recognized a reference he made in his Egypt show. While enjoying the local cuisine, he said “There’s a party in my tummy, so yummy, so yummy,” which is a line from a song [...]

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