en-us http://www.JasonKChapman.com/ Jason K. Chapman, author: Thoughts, Ramblings, and Miscellany Copyright © 2007 by Jason K. Chapman. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:00:56 -0400 Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:00:56 -0400 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000014 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000014 Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:02:19 -0400 Welcome to Thinking Out Loud. Right about now, you're probably thinking "Just what the world needs: http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000016 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000016 Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:44:41 -0400 The Economics of the Free Lunch Counter Why is everyone always so amazed when well-defined, clearly- http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000019 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2002-07-000019 Tue, 30 Jul 2002 09:09:28 -0400 Honesty in Politics Isn't it time that we in the US demanded honesty in politics? Oh, I'm not talkin http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000020 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000020 Tue, 02 May 2006 14:11:20 -0400 Holy carp! I just a downloaded a completely unauthorized .pdf of my own book. Now there's a bizarre http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000021 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000021 Tue, 02 May 2006 14:22:37 -0400 So I'm *still* getting orders for paper copies of The Heretic. I mean, I really appreciate the inter http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000022 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000022 Fri, 05 May 2006 10:35:27 -0400 For those of you who are looking for a paper copy of The Heretic, there's one up on eBay. It's item# http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000023 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000023 Sat, 06 May 2006 09:07:30 -0400 Those of you who read science fiction should check out Jim Baen's Universe. http://www.baensuniverse http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000024 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000024 Mon, 08 May 2006 07:13:39 -0400 The TOLD system now automatically maintains an RSS feed for journal entries. There are still a few t http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000025 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000025 Mon, 08 May 2006 11:20:44 -0400 David Mattingly (www.davidmattingly.com) has done a really nice cover animation for the upcoming deb http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000026 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000026 Tue, 23 May 2006 08:46:13 -0400 If you're considering a trip to Tibet (and who isn't?) you should definitely consider one of Karen S http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000027 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-05-000027 Mon, 29 May 2006 13:09:23 -0400 So the new interim Poets & Writers redesign is live. www.pw.org It incorporates some really clever C http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-06-000028 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-06-000028 Tue, 06 Jun 2006 07:20:47 -0400 The first issue of Jim Baen's Universe is out. www.baens-universe.com Go subscribe. Subscribers can http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-06-000029 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-06-000029 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:51:51 -0400 At last! Quality science fiction is returning to television. http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/0 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-07-000030 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2006-07-000030 Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:30:34 -0400 Sadly, I note the passing of Mickey Spillane. I have always been a huge fan of his Mike Hammer books http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-02-000031 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-02-000031 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:09:56 -0400 I'm not affiliated with NAEB (Not Another E-Book) in any way, except that I hope to be a customer on http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000032 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000032 Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:39:56 -0400 NAEB has a new specs page up for the e-book reader I mentioned before. It's at http://www.naebllc.co http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000033 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000033 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:48:52 -0400 The deadline is April 9th, so get your near-future space exploration-related SF short story submissi http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000034 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-03-000034 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 07:23:51 -0400 One more reason to declare a separation of science and state. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-04-000035 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-04-000035 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 11:10:20 -0400 So here's the real question: Is this finally an admission from one of the big music houses that DRM http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-05-000036 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-05-000036 Thu, 03 May 2007 11:36:36 -0400 This is, without a doubt, the most clever book-promo Web site I've ever seen. It's Miranda July's si http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-06-000037 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-06-000037 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:14:32 -0400 I just heard from Cosmos Magazine, the excellent science magazine out of Australia. http://www.cosmo http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-06-000038 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-06-000038 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:21:45 -0400 How about that? It looks like EMI's foray into the world of DRMless music was serious. It seems to b http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-07-000039 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-07-000039 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:32:48 -0400 I got the contract yesterday. The story is set to run in the October/November issue of Cosmos Magazi http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000040 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000040 Sat, 01 Sep 2007 15:03:34 -0400 The Heretic online edition is being hosted here, now. The layout and CSS have been smoothed out some http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000041 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000041 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:20:31 -0400 Thanks to JSWolf at www.mobileread.com The Heretic is now available in that site's e-book downloads http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000042 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000042 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:26:10 -0400 Speaking of the Sony Reader, www.fictionwise.com has added it to the list for their multi-format pro http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000043 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-09-000043 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:01:32 -0400 Issue 17 (Oct/Nov 07) of Cosmos Magazine is out with my short story "For the Love of Jazz". http://w http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-10-000044 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-10-000044 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 12:38:13 -0400 If all goes according to plan, my short story "The Calculus of Destiny" should be appearing in the n http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-11-000045 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2007-11-000045 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:29:25 -0400 Issue #8 is live at http://www.atomjackmagazine.com. You should read the whole thing, because it's a http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-02-000046 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-02-000046 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:05:03 -0500 It was a long and arduous task, with three weeks of twenty-hour days at the end, but the newly revam http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-03-000047 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-03-000047 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:17:29 -0400 The Satirica anthology which will contain, among many other fine stories, my short story Strings Att http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-03-000048 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-03-000048 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:48:00 -0400 The loss of Speculations (http://www.speculations.com/), for whatever reason, is a shame. I say "for http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-05-000049 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-05-000049 Thu, 01 May 2008 06:45:11 -0400 It's the end of Poetry in Motion on the NYC subway system. http://www.pw.org/content/last_day_nation http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-06-000050 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-06-000050 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:10:39 -0400 I've just installed Opera Mini on my BlackBerry Curve, and I have to say it just flat out rocks! Dum http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-07-000051 http://www.jasonkchapman.com/cgi-bin/told/told.pl/2008-07-000051 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:53:04 -0400 Cosmos Magazine has put "For the Love of Jazz" online in their fiction section. It was originally pu