NASA wants your opinion in naming the International Space Station’s Node 3 – a connecting module and its cupola – before the two segments travel to space and are installed on the orbiting laboratory.
Sprucing up the room no one ever sees…
So I redid my blog page this weekend, splitting my via-Twitter posts out into the sidebar (where they fit all nice and cozy) and putting the ‘big’ posts in the main column. I like the look of it a great deal, while at the same I smirk at the irony of redesigning a web page that almost no one ever sees.
Seriously, show of hands: does ANYONE read this from the page I linked to, and not from a news reader?
Headdesk
@hollyblack sends via Twitter this morning:
You know when you have a new idea that complicates your first idea and also totally changes what you’re doing? Kinda awesome; kinda not.
Preach it, sister; Amen.
In related news, I dive back into Hidden Things rewrites today; the cozy pleasure of hanging out with old friends mixed with some bitter, bitter resentment. Whee.
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For my birthday, a ukulele. That’s right, a Uku-frickin-lele. Time to torment the dogs while I reteach myself chords. Awesome.
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My prediction re: the Dogs in the Vineyard game was “moderately epic” — I think we got there. Sorcery, ghosts, exorcism, and face-shooting.
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New theory: an artist’s seriousness with regard to ‘the work’, and impatience w/amateurs runs inverse to their belief in their own ability.
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Another snippet from the #ToC: “Word of mouth & familiarity are 85% of fiction sales, 10% is cover, EVERYTHING ELSE is 5%.” (RT @doctorow)
Quote of the Day
The future of social communication is tools that allow you to better ignore your friends when they’re jabbering.