Theatre of cruelty

23 years ago

I don't watch much TV, but there was something I couldn't resist about Joe Schmo, the reality show in which…

Praise from Down Under

23 years ago

Eamonn emailed me earlier today to let me know that the Australian newspaper The Age made The Adventures of Accordion…

Cory’s sci-fi convention pictures

23 years ago

Cory Doctorow has ten pages of photos from Torcon (and even a couple from the advance screening of the Lord…

If you read the previous entry, be sure to read it again…

23 years ago

...because I got a pivotal fact wrong. Oops. Corrections appear at the end of the entry.

Leeloo break [updated]

23 years ago

Corrections to this entry appear at the end of this article in red, while the entry has been left as…

Scenes from a sci-fi convention 2: "Who let the mundane in?"

23 years ago

On Friday night, after helping Eric Raymond score some peanut butter cookies, a guy who looked sort of familiar approached…

Scenes from a sci-fi convention 1: I discover ESR’s weakness

23 years ago

I decided to bike over to the Royal York last night (only non-locals refer to it as the Fairmont Royal…

Welcome to the Mac club, Zooko. You’re one of the cool kids now.

23 years ago

Last night, I helped Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn -- Python hacker, computer language and security aficionado and all-round sweet guy --…

At last, the identity of the time travel spammer is revealed

23 years ago

Hey, longtime readers: remember the guy who sent me time travel spam, and my response? Wired has a story on…

The latest controversies

23 years ago

There are many changes in the law going on here in the province of Ontario, Canada. Perhaps you've heard of…