Charlie Stross, SF author of The Atrocity Archives, The Jennifer Morgue, Singularity Sky, Halting State, Accelerando, the just released Saturn's Children (and many more), has posted about the Author Advocate Defense fund in his blog today and the fund got a nice run of donations, it's over $1k now. If you can't donate, please post about the fund, because others will donate if they hear about it from someone they trust.
Some good info on how to post about the fund are in this post on Absolute Write by my blogging forum co-moderator L M Ashton - just skip the parts about joining the blog carnival (or not - join AW and join the carnival!) - there's advice about what to say, links to information about the cause and code for a donation button, all in the post. (Thank you again, Laurie, for taking the time to do the post and organize the carnival)
A bit of personal stuff...
Tomorrow is my son's last day home. Three weeks seems like a nice, long time for a vacation from work, but when the job you have to go back to is soldiering in Iraq for 5 or 6 more months, it's way too short. My dad came up from L.A. to visit earlier this week and we had two lovely days with him. We shopped and ate out and just sat around and talked, it was wonderful. My son has caught up with friends, visited Las Vegas, and also taken care of some important stuff he could only do in person here, so I think he'll go back satisfied that it was a good visit.
Otherwhere on the web...
I hope you're all watching Dr. Horrible's Musical Blog. Act II is up now, Act III goes up the 19th. The FAQ's on the Master Plan page are a good read for the background to how the whole thing was conceived.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008
A Little Help, Please?
A certain literary agent sued Wikimedia Foundation last year (the information here shows the case was filed Sept '07 - I have also seen a report that the case was filed in January of '08).
On July 1st the case against Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed. Rumor has it the case against two other defendants, (in addition to Wikimedia there were 19 individuals and the SFWA) but I have yet to find any links to support that.
The lawsuit brought this agent back into the spotlight - the most probable precipitating events were pretty much ancient history as far as the internet was concerned. Places as diverse as Information Week, Gawker, and Publisher's Weekly, have picked up on the case in the past few months due to Wikipedia's involvement, as well as a number of writing related sites and blogs.
I mention all this because I was asked to help some of the defendants in this case by setting up and administering a defense fund. The donation button for this fund is in my sidebar. I've also created a webpage with additional information.
The defendants would appreciate your help. One thing you can do is either share the webpage link or link to the PayPal donation page on your sites and blogs.
Lee Goldberg and Author Scoop - Thank you! There have already been visitors to the webpage and new donations to the fund as a result of your mentioning the fund on your sites.
On July 1st the case against Wikimedia Foundation was dismissed. Rumor has it the case against two other defendants, (in addition to Wikimedia there were 19 individuals and the SFWA) but I have yet to find any links to support that.
The lawsuit brought this agent back into the spotlight - the most probable precipitating events were pretty much ancient history as far as the internet was concerned. Places as diverse as Information Week, Gawker, and Publisher's Weekly, have picked up on the case in the past few months due to Wikipedia's involvement, as well as a number of writing related sites and blogs.
I mention all this because I was asked to help some of the defendants in this case by setting up and administering a defense fund. The donation button for this fund is in my sidebar. I've also created a webpage with additional information.
The defendants would appreciate your help. One thing you can do is either share the webpage link or link to the PayPal donation page on your sites and blogs.
Lee Goldberg and Author Scoop - Thank you! There have already been visitors to the webpage and new donations to the fund as a result of your mentioning the fund on your sites.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Blogging, a Gathering of Medievalists, and a Talking Koala
In my role as the moderator of the blogging forum on Absolute Write I occasionally check around the web for information that will help my fellow bloggers. A few days ago a new blogger was having issues with posting and asked about blog hosts/software. I did a quick Google and found Blogging Basics 101. I thought it was helpful and written in a friendly, approachable tone. They are currently running a series of guest blogger posts by people using different blog hosts. I hope you'll visit. Tell me what you think, either here or in the thread on AW, should you be a member there. (and if you're not - join! It's free and a fun place to hang out)
I started blogging with Moveable Type software on my own domain. Some online friends of mine had Live Journals, so I joined there. Very different experience. I had no clue how to customize the blog at OhDawno.org (I do now, but I haven't played around with it in a while - it needs work, I know). Live Journal had templates and a pretty easy to use interface. The other advantage of LJ is that you can limit the access to your blog by making it "friends only" - a nice feature if you want to be able to let off some steam in a safe environment. Cuts down on trolls, too. Most of my posts on LJ are friends only - in case you clicked over and wondered why I don't have any posts up to speak of...I have a lot of posts - you just can't see them.
After joining Absolute Write I found that there were various members there who had blogs here at Blogger. One of them seemed to only allow comments if you were a member of Blogger. I thought, what the heck, it's free, and joined.
As you can see, I've been fairly active here ever since. The posting interface is easy to use, there are a lot of nice features and changing the template isn't too hard with a little bit of HTML or CSS knowledge. I'm quite happy here, although I still, occasionally, wish I could figure out how to post what I write here over on my own domain. Yes, there's a way to do it, but it still befuddles me - even after many friendly attempts to explain it to me. Someday I'll just bite the bullet and give it a try. If I disappear from the blogosphere, you'll know I botched it. Hope I figure out how to back up my blog, too.
Completely random stuff:
I've been getting emails from a Rabbi. They are very nicely done, full of news and information. The most recent email is about summer camp and included an invitation to a Shavuot Dairy Buffet and a reading of the Ten Commandments. And this joke:
A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men.
Excited to prove to his wife his long-held contention that women in general and his wife in particular, talked too much, he showed her the study results, which stated: "Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000."
His wife thought awhile, then finally she said to her husband, "That's because we have to repeat everything we say." The husband said, "What?"
I'm not really sure how I got on the mailing list. The only thing I am sure about is that I don't want to report it as spam - it just seems wrong, somehow, to send these pleasant notices off to the same folder with the v1@gr@ and EUROLOTTO WINNER!!!1!! emails. I have this nagging sense that it would be a hit against any good karma I've managed to accumulate to do that.
My dear friends MacAllister and Medievalist are at the International Congress on Medieval Studies this week. I hope they're having a lot of fun. *waves*
New online comics I've become hopelessly addicted to: A Girl and Her Fed, The Devil's Panties (not Satanic Porn!). A Girl and Her Fed has a talking koala and the ghost of Ben Franklin. The Devil's Panties is about a young woman artist and offers a glimpse into the world of comic book conventions and rather interesting clubs as well as her even more interesting friends.
dawno
I started blogging with Moveable Type software on my own domain. Some online friends of mine had Live Journals, so I joined there. Very different experience. I had no clue how to customize the blog at OhDawno.org (I do now, but I haven't played around with it in a while - it needs work, I know). Live Journal had templates and a pretty easy to use interface. The other advantage of LJ is that you can limit the access to your blog by making it "friends only" - a nice feature if you want to be able to let off some steam in a safe environment. Cuts down on trolls, too. Most of my posts on LJ are friends only - in case you clicked over and wondered why I don't have any posts up to speak of...I have a lot of posts - you just can't see them.
After joining Absolute Write I found that there were various members there who had blogs here at Blogger. One of them seemed to only allow comments if you were a member of Blogger. I thought, what the heck, it's free, and joined.
As you can see, I've been fairly active here ever since. The posting interface is easy to use, there are a lot of nice features and changing the template isn't too hard with a little bit of HTML or CSS knowledge. I'm quite happy here, although I still, occasionally, wish I could figure out how to post what I write here over on my own domain. Yes, there's a way to do it, but it still befuddles me - even after many friendly attempts to explain it to me. Someday I'll just bite the bullet and give it a try. If I disappear from the blogosphere, you'll know I botched it. Hope I figure out how to back up my blog, too.
Completely random stuff:
I've been getting emails from a Rabbi. They are very nicely done, full of news and information. The most recent email is about summer camp and included an invitation to a Shavuot Dairy Buffet and a reading of the Ten Commandments. And this joke:
A husband looking through the paper came upon a study that said women use more words than men.
Excited to prove to his wife his long-held contention that women in general and his wife in particular, talked too much, he showed her the study results, which stated: "Men use about 15,000 words per day, but women use 30,000."
His wife thought awhile, then finally she said to her husband, "That's because we have to repeat everything we say." The husband said, "What?"
I'm not really sure how I got on the mailing list. The only thing I am sure about is that I don't want to report it as spam - it just seems wrong, somehow, to send these pleasant notices off to the same folder with the v1@gr@ and EUROLOTTO WINNER!!!1!! emails. I have this nagging sense that it would be a hit against any good karma I've managed to accumulate to do that.
My dear friends MacAllister and Medievalist are at the International Congress on Medieval Studies this week. I hope they're having a lot of fun. *waves*
New online comics I've become hopelessly addicted to: A Girl and Her Fed, The Devil's Panties (not Satanic Porn!). A Girl and Her Fed has a talking koala and the ghost of Ben Franklin. The Devil's Panties is about a young woman artist and offers a glimpse into the world of comic book conventions and rather interesting clubs as well as her even more interesting friends.
dawno
Monday, April 23, 2007
Stoves Make Better Whiteboards Than Refrigerators
Who needs expensive graphic designers? Not Miranda July. Lest you think I'm being sarcastic, I'll say it right out: I'm not. She's provided a site that made me laugh, kept me reading, and at the end, sent me to the Amazon link for her new book, which I shall be buying. In pink, I think, since yellow makes me look a bit sallow. (you'll have to read the site to get it, sorry)
Some of the pages are a bit hard to read because a word or two is lost in the flash reflection. Her handwriting could be a bit neater (says the former elementary school teacher). Other than that, I found it witty and silly and fun. These are things that I look for in books to read, too. I'm going to give Miranda's a try.
PS, Thank you, C. Montgomery Stuart, author of "The Rescue" found in the latest edition of Coyote Wild, online magazine of speculative fiction, for pointing me to the site.
I'm going to a conference this week - I may not post much. Then again, the new scenery might be inspirational enough to overcome the jet lag.
dawno
Some of the pages are a bit hard to read because a word or two is lost in the flash reflection. Her handwriting could be a bit neater (says the former elementary school teacher). Other than that, I found it witty and silly and fun. These are things that I look for in books to read, too. I'm going to give Miranda's a try.
PS, Thank you, C. Montgomery Stuart, author of "The Rescue" found in the latest edition of Coyote Wild, online magazine of speculative fiction, for pointing me to the site.
I'm going to a conference this week - I may not post much. Then again, the new scenery might be inspirational enough to overcome the jet lag.
dawno
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