February has not been a great month for writing as far as putting words on a page. I’ve been under a lot of stresses, including financial ones and the quest for a place to live. I haven’t stalled out completely, which is a relief, but it’s been hard to find the energy to put towards [...]
I’ve recently been engaging in conversation on ReadWriteWeb’s Google Buzz feed. Not only have there been lively discussions there, but it’s gotten me thinking about privacy, social networking and related topics. As Google Buzz has undergone an extremely shaky launch it’s been fascinating to watch the various reactions people have. My mother, a tech savvy [...]
Writing has been slow lately. Some stresses — see below for one of them — combined with computer difficulties put a cramp in my output. I’m working slowly on the former and have mostly solved the latter: a bunch of friends (Maenad, Alan, Chris, and the A’s, thanks!) donated computer parts to me, so I [...]
So the other day I went to see the Book of Eli with one of my girlfriends. I love a good post-apocalyptic adventure, and I’d read a review by Roger Ebert that had piqued my interest. Unfortunately, I had a real problem with the movie. Since seeing it, I have checked various reviews and not [...]
The SFSite has published their first February update, and with it, two of my reviews. First up, my review of the UFO ‘documentary’, The Billy Meier Story: UFO’s and Prophecies from Outer Space:
“watching this film is like diving headlong into a disorienting, paranoid world of outer space visitors, grainy super-8 footage of floating trash-bins, and [...]