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scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Over on Whatever, I have listed what I have eligible for award consideration this year, if you are someone who nominates for awards (and also if you're not, it just won't have much application for you):

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2024/01/03/what-i-have-eligible-for-award-consideration-this-year-2024-edition/

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Years come and years go, but you know what remains constant? BALL, that's what.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

The rumor is that it is now 2024, but I am awaiting official confirmation.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

The energy I'm bringing to what remains of 2023

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

I am not here either to trash or praise Rebel Moon, but I am here to say that one day someone is going to lock Zack Snyder out of the color-grading machine, and that's going to be a bad, crazy day for him

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Krissy just called from work to ask me how my day was and I had to tell her that it's the post Christmas part of the year where everything is a blur and honestly I can't even remember what I was doing five minutes ago

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Has this dog been fed:

A) yes, at lunch

B) probably at some point

C) NEVER ONCE IN HER ENTIRE STARVING LIFE

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

BE FESTIVE

Me with a Christmas light headband.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Happy Winter Solstice, you nerds, unless you are on the other side of the equator from me, in which case, happy Summer Solstice, you nerds

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Cool, now everyone else in the automotive industry do the same

https://www.engadget.com/volkswagen-drivers-want-more-physical-buttons-instead-of-touch-controls-044931087.html

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Because I was feeling festive and seasonal, I took the Christmas song "O Holy Night" and used it, loosely, as the basis for an ambient-ish instrumental track. If that sounds interesting to you, give it a listen here:

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2023/12/19/new-music-the-stars-are-brightly-shining/

cstross, 5 months ago to random

What is Star Trek?

Wrong answers only, please!

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Today's assignment: Eat everything in that one package of perishable food I was sent as a gift, because all the stickers say it has to be eaten before tomorrow. I set myself to this task with a will.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Spoiler: The former Twitter is probably in violation, because it no longer has the staff to be in compliance, and because Elon Musk is an enormous pile of shit who thinks rules shouldn't apply to him.

https://wapo.st/476FSlc

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

It's beginning to look a lot like isthmus

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Thank you to everyone who bought a Scalzi Humble Book Bundle! You all collectively donated more than $30,000 to literacy charity First Book, and half my eventual take from this will go into the Scalzi Family Foundation to fund various charitable and community-focused endeavors. You're all awesome.

The logo for the Scalzi Family Foundation, with a grinning cat.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

Oh. No.

(Sips tea)

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/stop-comparing-xs-dismal-ad-sales-to-twitters-past-success-x-exec-says/

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

LAST DAY (well, last 23 hours and some odd minutes) for the Scalzi Humble Book Bundle. If you were planning to get it and haven't, now is the time! Get books by me! Cheap! And benefit literacy charity First Book while you do it!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/john-scalzis-interdependency-old-mans-war-and-more-tor-books

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

My new hobby is downloading updates to my musical production software. I was not aware that it was going to be a hobby; I don't actually want it as a hobby. I wanted making music as my hobby. But if I want to get to the latter hobby, I have to go through the former hobby first.

scalzi, 5 months ago to random

There's the saying "You can be a good example, or you can be a cautionary tale," and this is not the story of a good example

https://www.themarysue.com/cait-corrain-goodreads-controversy-explained/

scalzi, 6 months ago to random

Congratulations, Mastodon, you've made it through another work week, have a cat picture, as a treat

scalzi, 6 months ago to random

The Humble Bundle featuring my books is in its last week, so if you've been putting off getting it, you don't have too much longer. Remember these sales support literacy charity First Book!

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/john-scalzis-interdependency-old-mans-war-and-more-tor-books

scalzi, 6 months ago to random

Today in "Can I make a picture I took from the stairs this morning look like a glamor shot from early 60s Hollywood"

scalzi, 6 months ago to random

Look, it takes work to be incredibly sexy, and I, for one, have no plans to work, like, ever

scalzi, 6 months ago to random

"Yes... that's a good likeness."