Monthly Archives: March 2008

It’s pretty hard to figure out what a sci-fi market is looking for when you read through their guidelines. You take a mag that publishes goony sword and sorcery and one that only publishes stories where orbital mechanics are the … Continue reading →

Last night I competed in the Austin Grilled Cheese Invitational. And I won third place in the dessert sandwich category. The idea for the "tiramisu" grilledcheese came to me late at night, the night before the contest when I should … Continue reading →

I think having podcasts in my life is making me a bit over-stimulated. At work I’ve become a sort of defacto entertainment director. I hook up the super-cheap media player to the super-cheap boombox in the corner of the bakery, … Continue reading →

I just heard from Simon Cooper that a story of his that went across the Space Squid desk has recently been published in "Postcards from Uranus." It’s called "Little Marvin’s Private Dancer." He says that some of the comments we … Continue reading →

as a legacy of a previous revSF fiction editor, the fiction guidelines says that we accept hypertext fiction. to my knowledge, despite the complex description of how to submit such a thing, no one has actually done so. and i … Continue reading →

just a couple hours after mr.myers posts this link on the revSF list about windblown dutch sculptures, a friend sends me video footage of a quadruped robot that walks on ice better than most texans, you’d think the thing was … Continue reading →

I’ve been trying to catch up on all the good podcasts, which means listening to the nearly 150 short stories and whatnot on Escapepod. Now what should I find as I get toward the end of the queue, not one, … Continue reading →

I went ahead and ordered some more LEDs off ebay. This little LED flashlight is made from an empty Italian spices container, and took me about an hour to put together: It’s powered by a single 9v battery, so the … Continue reading →

When most people think of Target, they think of the cheap underwear and the "slightly cleaner than Walmart" ambiance. Rarely do people think of the food stand at the front of the store and the hotdog-munching opportunity it represents. The … Continue reading →

Jodhaa Akbar The big news is the release of "Jodhaa Akbar" the sweeping period-piece romance with Hrithik Roshan as the emperor of the Mughals. It came out here in Austin on the same day that it opened throughout India, and … Continue reading →