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“Expanding Borders” posted

Got a new Transhuman Congress story posted, this one finally introducing -- sort of -- the leader of the majority party, Chelsea Sears. "Expanding Borders": The doctors told me that I was stuck in my own head. I wasn't. I was in the nets all the time, doing ten things at ...

“Entering Valhalla” posted

Moving a bit in the timeline of the Transhuman Congress to the late 25th century with "Entering Valhalla": "There's no way you finished Mueller's game already! Sweet kittens, that fifth scenario is ridiculous!" Nana whined. Viktoriya sighed and pulled a short blue dress from her closet. "Just use a slingshot around Cyrus. ...

“Needs denied” posted

My story this week is a new one in the Meta-physics plot arc of the Transhuman Congress, called "Needs denied": Chase shook his head slightly. "Are you interested?" Miriam didn't have to think more than twice. "Yes, but I'm not going to be quiet and meek and let stuff slide." He actually smiled ...

“Surgical Strike” posted

As promised last week, I have another Transhuman Congress story up, called "Surgical Strike": Sirpa waved a hand at the monitor. "We are adaptable." "I can see that..." Harold said slowly with narrowed eyes. "Can I have your name?" "Not yet," Sirpa said, moving her lips in a facsimile of a smile. Harold ...

“Lina” posted

I've got another short up in the Transhuman Congress -- "Lina": "This is the first model of its type!" the voice above us said in breathy, fast voice. We opened our eyes — no. One of us opened his eyes, but we all see, and in that moment, we diverged. He/We looked ...

Quasi-daily linkage

10 Usability Crimes You Really Shouldn’t Commit - Nice and easy list to follow. I fixed a silly problem on my site this morning courtesy of the reminder. Clients From Hell : The client calls around 9 PM on a Saturday... - “[very angry] I am reading your email in ...

I’ll be damned – more WP trouble

I was fixing a webcomic issue on Greg's blog, and I'll be damned if from one minute to the next, it didn't suffer from an index.php injection, too. This is weird as hell. A bunch of spurious content appeared on his homepage, although clicking through to those posts ...

They Might Be Giants. Maybe.

I got to see them last weekend in Hotlanta, GA. Pretty good show, although it had a more "indie" feel than I was expecting. I guess Greg's idolization of them leads me to think of them as a fairly major/big-label group, which they aren't. They put on a good ...