Archive for September, 2009

Why Do I Love Google News?

Because they apparently really love me too. A few months ago I went through the process of getting Fiction Matters included in the database of feeds which Google crawls for their news section. Since then, Google News has become one of my leading sources of traffic. Honestly, I have no idea what Murdoch and Co. [...]

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Did Mixx just get all positive?

If you’re a Mixx user, you might have noticed that the interface seems to have gotten a bit less crowded today. The social news site, in which users act as a mixture of editor and judge by submitting and voting content to the site’s front page, seems to have removed the ability to vote items [...]

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I Really Do Like Television

If you happen to follow my Twitter feed, you’ve undoubtedly notice that I tend to watch a lot of television. And by a lot, I mean not just in volume, but also in variety. I sample a large section of genres, with my primary viewing focused on story. I am a sucker for story. I [...]

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How A Penguin Saved My Life* (or really just my hard drive)

Mention the phrase “My hard drive crashed” in public today and it is quite likely that total strangers will rush to your side offering condolences, Kleenexes, and personal anecdotes of overcoming adversity from their own crashes. Just five years ago, such an announcement would just as frequently lead to blank stares. Alas, we’ve all become [...]

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