Captain's Blog
Really REALLY don%27t trust software code written by "chatbots" like Google%27s Bard AI. Eeek!
Really really don%27t trust "chatbots" like Google%27s Bard AI. They lie. A lot.
How to Increase Vaccination Rates
Wising up to Smart Quotes in Word
(And fixing them when they go wrong)
Tips to protect deliveries, and keep people from knowing you%27re on vacation
Fasten Your Seatbelts... For the Whole Flight?!?
It%27s okay now: AP says you can lowercase the %27i%27 in Internet
You catch more flies by smelling bad
Looking for Beta Testers for Smartlinks for Smashwords Authors
Looking for Volunteers Who Sell Books, for an Experiment
ReAnimus%27s First Acquisition - Advent Publishers!
Random Thoughts on Apparently Silly Ways to Do Math
System Changes I Hope You%27ll Like
What if Google Knew Who You Were Talking About... and Told Them?
On Signing SFWA%27s Founder, and Other Goings on at Chez Aburt
How Many Spaces After the Period, Take Two
Yay! Amazon KDP Adds Payments and Foreign Exchange Report
Henry Gee%27s amazing SIGIL TRILOGY is on sale for the Solstice! Book One is FREE!
Micro-rant: Irritations of Paperless Billing
25% OFF Cybermonday and LOTS OF NEW RELEASES at ReAnimus Press!
Nook Sales Fall Off Cliff and Other Irregularities - Big Problems at Barnes&Noble
MEXICA, by Norman Spinrad - Hot off the presses!
The Demise of our Car Culture? Not.
Critters Server Dying Replaced
Random Musing of the Day: Annoyed at Target
FREE Weekend Special! - Download SIEGE OF STARS, Book 1 of THE SIGIL TRILOGY for Free
Harlan Ellison Helps Ed Bryant! Get their PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES and you can too!
Why I Voted For Obama, and Think It%27s Better If He Wins
Hey, Target, What%27s With Selling So Much Expired and Nearly Expired Food? Ick.
Hey, Credit Card Companies etc. - Quit Bugging Me To "Go Paperless"
Survey time! How do you like your trilogies?
RAGE OF STARS - Michael Moorcock, Kim Stanley Robinson, Nancy Kress all love it!
Books at a steal for Talk Like A Pirate Day!
New Comment System - Beta Testers Wanted
UNDERHANDED CHESS - A hilarious handbook of devious diversions and stratagems for winning at chess
One of the Best Books I%27ve Ever Read
Tired of the Doublespeak of "Cutting the Deficit"
W00T! Henry "Nature Futures" Gee%27s SIEGE OF STARS, Book 1 of The Sigil Trilogy, is now in ARC!
Fans of Print Remain Hopeful vs. Ebooks, Despite the Cold Equations
Olympics coverage in prime time: Booooooooringgggg.
THE MARS MONOPOLY - an original Ace Double by Star Trek master Jerry Sohl
Ben Bova%27s TEST OF FIRE from ReAnimus Press
Thoughts on Smashwords Finding That Higher Ebook Prices Are Better
Libraries and Ebooks - An Interesting Question
Something Wicked This Way Came
99 cent special on I, ALEPPO from Star Trek master writer Jerry Sohl
I forgot - today is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day again! Free book!
When Two is Not, Apparently, Better than One
Like a Newly Found Heinlein Book - POINT ULTIMATE by Jerry Sohl
A fun poem for writers - what a language we have!
DOJ Ebook / Apple / Publisher Lawsuit First Thoughts - Arrghhhhh!!!
Useful New Features from the Post Office - and More They Could Do
Staying Alive - New Ebook on the Business of Writing from Norman Spinrad
Special 99 cent Deal on Ben Bova%27s EXILES TRILOGY
How To Improve Your Speculative Fiction Openings - Amazing Research
ReAnimus Press Updates: 30+ New Books from Ben Bova, Norman Spinrad, Jerry Sohl, Wil McCarthy!
Solved! How to keep your facebook sorted by "Recent Stories First"
Ben Bova%27s THE CRAFT OF WRITING SCIENCE FICTION THAT SELLS is out from ReAnimus Press
What could B&N, Smashwords, etc. do better? Share your ideas...
Five review copies of A Private Mutiny and Side Effects available - email me if you%27re interested
A Private Mutiny, Ben Bova%27s Latest Ebook, and Amazon
20% off Bova, Silverberg, Spinrad - everything in the ReAnimus Store
Are We Beginning to Enter a Post-Capitalism Era?
Eek! Heads up: Facebook Hides Messages You May Not Know About
How the 1% Could Set a Good Example
99 cent Special on Ben Bova%27s THE WEATHERMAKERS on Amazon from ReAnimus Press
A GUIDE TO BARSOOM from ReAnimus Press - Just went live!
Analyzing the Amazon Lending Library
New tool for Smashwords authors
What Greedy CEOs Need to Understand (it%27s not that difficult)
So, Where do you buy your ebooks, and Why?
Ebooks and Bridging the Digital Divide
Survey Says: People Really Like Ebook Readers
If Amazon is Clogged With Spam Ebooks, Who is Buying Them?
Caveat Emptor - Aburt and the $5 Epic Fail Site
It%27s Freebie Friday in the Critter Members%27 Bookstore! http://critique.org/c/store
I%27m still here, but the Rapture took my cable modem
It%27s Freebie Friday in the Critters Members Store!
A paper-like screen you can roll up and crumple...
Fascinating characterization article about the science of Good and Evil
A mischievous thought on HarperCollins%27 limiting libraries to 26 loans of an ebook...
Musings on the State of Space and Time and Travel therein
New eBookstore - http://critique.org/c/store
Milestone: AAP reports ebooks are now the #1 book format
The Evolution of the Golden Ratio
The end of Rejection Dejection?
Bill & Ted%27s new movie title, my suggestion
Kindle - What price for ads would you pay?
Dear American Idol: About those critiques...
Ebook Sales Continue Massive Growth, Numbers as Projected
Nearing the breakeven point selling your own ebooks
Free ebook: Use coupon code NZ24U to read "A Sailor on the Sea of Humanity" at http://bit.ly/hfuAlL
Publisher to limit number of ebook library checkouts
We%27re living in a Simulated Universe? Are you sure?
B&N eliminates their dividend, Stock falls 16%
Making an Ebook for Kindles and iPads and Nooks, Oh My!
Ebook Sales Cannibalizing Print
If you made a movie out of the worst book ever written, would it be the worst movie ever made?
Borders Declares Bankruptcy -- While Amazon Sells More Ebooks than Paper
Tip of the Day: A Quick Way to Minimize Pain
Displaying What You Read With Ebooks?
What Do Ereaders Need To Improve?
Signs, Portents, Omens; and the Future of Selling "Physical" Ebooks
Saving Moolah with Media Mail for Manuscripts
Evidence Found of First Internet, Early 1900s
What%27s the best price for an ebook? -- A Survey
What Can Publishers Do For Authors in a Mostly-ebook World?
Refinancing -- How to tell what%27s good: http://tech-soft.com/loancompare
Digital paper demonstrated — cool!
New Feature -- Credit Sharing Among Workshops
Unveiling — Workshops for Everyone!
First impressions: Pandigital Novel ebook reader review
Are you prepared for The Big One?
Stephen King now reads half digitally
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Bloggy Bits
The TSA Has Gone Too Far
Nov 24, 2010 [permalink]
This isn't about writing or such, so I'm not posting the blog entry here, but over on my personal site. However, I feel strongly enough about this that I wanted to mention it, and if you're interested you can read it. It's at: http://aburt.com/tsa.ht