onyxhawke

Does anyone have an experience with Odiogo? I've listened to a few articles read by it, but don't have a firm opinion on it.Does anyone know if it will even work with LiveJournal?

I'm looking for a few cons of at least 500 people a year and outside the Northeast-Mid Atlantic to do in 2010. I'm probably only willing to do two real long distance ones since I'm told I have to be productive at least twice a year so two cons in anyone area are probably out. All i want is the aforementioned headcount, and of course a literary bent to the convention if there are writers workshops as part of the con even better.

So tell me about the cons in your neck of the woods.

Hello,

I've noticed a lot of new people lately. And it has been several months since I waived hi and asked people what they are looking for in content here. So new folks, please say hi and how you heard of my little corner of the internet,  and all-y'all if you have something you'd like to hear my 2 cents on speak now or forever (about 2-3 months) hold your homekeys.

It's a conspiracy, I know it is. I took some great picks of the foliage today. Sadly the computer won't read the memory card. Not in the camera, not in the adapter and not in the memory card reader. Once is chance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action. This is enemy action.

I just wish i knew who the enemy was. It's much easier to counter a known adversary. Is it the Illuminati? Maybe its Green Peace who in attempting to prove global warming are trying to keep pictures of trees from appearing on the internet? Or is it possible that the company who made my computer has designed it to fail so I need to buy a new computer? Maybe they are even in league with the government who would win because I'd be taxed on that purchase?


Who knows maybe it isn't a conspiracy and I'm just struggling for something to fill this neglected space?


A lot of SF/F has a conspiracy at its heart. Sometimes it is the major motive force of the plot, sometimes its a tantalizing subplot. I've read a lot of urban fantasy lately that had conspiracy theories at their core. Once of the better ones was Carrie Vaughn's Kitty Goes to Washington. Unlike some of the intrigue laden fiction I've seen lately it keeps the conspiracy tightly wrapped and makes it very difficult to figure out exactly who was part of it and how willingly.

I do wonder at why we see so much in the way of conspiracy stories in UF. It might be that our world has enough fodder for them that they are easier to form here and near here than in some pure fantasy world or space colony.

So what are some of your favorite conspiracy theories? What books do you like that are centered around a conspiracy or two?

Does anyone know of any safe place to get add-ons for Internet Explorer? I'm trying to see if my computer issues are caused by the computer, or my browsers, but IE without the toys is mostly useless.

Does anyone know of a way to post the same article to LJ, MySpace, Blogger and possibly others all at once?

Ok, half of the reason I've posted so little since getting home from Worldcon is that I'm busy, the other half is just that i don't have anything interesting to say that doesn't require absurdist levels of four letter words.

so who has something they want to see me discuss, or do on a regular basis? I'm not saying i will, just that I'm curious.

I'm continually bemused by the amount of people who friend me and actually stick around. I see comments from people who I don't know, and who haven't commented before or in a long time and it kicks the curiosity up another notch.

So why are you here? Almost everyone has been here a month or more, and I'm kinda curious as to how you got here and what you find among my blitherings interesting enough to keep you waylaying electrons to bring you my mutterings.

Tell!!

In the past couple day's I've talked to and read the blogs of more clients at once than I normally manage. The odd thing I noticed is that in differing ways I and my clients are quite similar. One just posted on how little he thinks of Angelina Jolie's acting skills, and i was not aware she had any. Another client and I were discussing movies that we loved and directors we hated. Both of us loved Batman Begins and hope Dark Knight will not be a let down, and we're also of the opinion that M. Knight Shamalan and Quentin Terentino have each produced their one good movie in their career and can retire with our thanks anytime. A fourth client and i have a similar love for the behavior of politicians across the globe and skew heavily towards the same political range. A fifth is also a fan of snarking and small groups or being alone, we're planning to go hide over a lunch or two at WorldCon.

I wonder how much of this is simply coincidence, and how much of it is that they simply have to have a few similar traits in order for them to write something I will want to represent. It's certainly not that we are all the same age, as my clients range from their early 20's to the 50's (of those i know the age of, and I don't actually care how old any of them are). Location is also not factor since at the moment there are clients in five countries and the closest two to me are in Ohio and North Carolina.

I'm looking for a music/mp3 player. It needs to be small, durable and not an Ipod or Zune as I'm not a fan of either brand of koolaid. It should be able to hold a couple gigs of music (4+, 8 great more ...) and be able to do playlists.Price isn't a huge concern but since i'll mostly be using it at the gym, i'd prefer something that if i step on it i won't be having to fork over $350 to replace it.

Links greatly appreciated, but names will work.