Hackers hit my Dreamhost recently and infected over 80,000 files on my sites alone. I was able to manually remove a lot of the infected files on my own, but called in the big guns when I began to realize the scope of the attack. The inimitable Corwin Brust came over and pounded out some [...]
Ensconced in my mother’s house in Hatfield, MA, where I spent most of my formative years, I’ve had a lot of time to think. There’s a lot of memories here, and a lot less of my normal distractions. And though I have a lot of things I probably should be thinking about—work, money, high school [...]
Just posted two poems to the writing section. Fenris I wrote some time ago and remains one of my favorite fantasy poems. Red and Black dragged me out of bed this morning. Wrote the whole thing in my head before risking the cold.
There are a few definitions of a writer that I like. I think my two favorites are: A writer is someone who has written today. and… A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than for other people. Obviously I’m more of a second-statement writer as of late. But I don’t think getting [...]
And by interesting, I of course mean sucky. Started last night when I got two-outed twice in a PLO tournament and then thrown out of the casino because the dealer in the 8-16 game didn’t know the rules and I had the gall to point that out to him. Tonight got even more interesting. On [...]
Hurray! Caught up with my work with Chris Wallace, wife and kids are in bed, school soccer season is over (I coached 7/8 graders to an undefeated season), so time to write! I’ll be working on The Seelie Wars, a trilogy my mother and I have a contract coming for. Working with her is both [...]
As you can plainly see, my free writing plan is beginning swimmingly. Bah. Three days before I finally get another one going. I’m currently embroiled in mortal combat with a PokerXFactor video I’m trying to record. I’ve got video clips turning upside down when I convert them, a conversion program them pixelates them and another [...]
I’m a writer who doesn’t write. I mean I do write, but I don’t do it enough. It took me some time to figure out why this is, but I think I’ve got it figured out, and I think I may have a solution. Or the beginning of a solution. Or the beginning of an [...]
I do a lot of WordPress installs, and though I use a variety of different plugins, there are a certain number that I pretty much automatically install into every site I do. Widget Logic – This plugin allows you to easily place widgets on pages/posts according to a vast array of rules without complex coding. [...]
Went with the family to Ovo in the big top outside the Mall of America today. Like all Cirque de Soleil performances, the physicality was absolutely inspiring, and it was nice to see that even after so many shows (most of which I have seen), they can still innovate. Some standouts from this performance: The [...]
