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very little to see here

Posted on April 5, 2013 by dichroic

I just deleted a few vague sentences on topics that might be good but probably shouldn’t be talked about in public yet. This even vaguer vagueness is as close as I am comfortable coming to squeeing in public at this … Continue reading →

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Management book rec: Animals Make Us Human, by Temple Grandin

Posted on March 27, 2013 by dichroic

Yes, really. The subtitle is “Creating the Best Life for Animals”. The early chapters, on dogs and cats and horses, will teach you how to handle your pets, though you’ll also learn a bit about motivating your kids and yourself … Continue reading →

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a new stage

Posted on February 4, 2013 by dichroic

Well. Time for another new thing. Last Wednesday, I more or less finished my first draft; there are a few small sections I need to flesh out (brief explanations of Six Sigma, Lean, and CMMI) but otherwise I think I’ve … Continue reading →

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the blessing of books: always something new to discover

Posted on January 28, 2013 by dichroic

Why have I never heard of Amy Levy until just now? I mean, OK, there’s the part where she committed suicide at age 27(1), which does tend to limit one’s oeuvre, but still. Her biography uses clear words like “feminist” … Continue reading →

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a small thanks and two very different open letters

Posted on December 10, 2012 by dichroic

1. Thanks, everyone who gave advice on good games. Interesting: over the three places this blog is repeated (WordPress at my own site, Dreamwidth, Livejournal), I got a total of 18 comments, and the vast majority of them recommended one … Continue reading →

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rereading Charlotte Macleod

Posted on December 7, 2012 by dichroic

I’ve been on a bit of an orgy of Charlotte Macleod rereadings, in the last few months, since they started coming out in Kindle editions, and the effect of reading them in the aggregate is … rather odd. They’re definitely … Continue reading →

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day of waiting

Posted on November 6, 2012 by dichroic

Today is a bit frustrating; even the East Coast polls won’t be closed by the time I go to bed, so I’ll have no election news until tomorrow morning. The new expat center near my flat is having an election … Continue reading →

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some support from DWJ

Posted on October 26, 2012 by dichroic

This bit is from Diana Wynne Jones’s book of essays, Reflections: On the Magic of Writing, and I think it’s highly pertinent to what I was saying yesterday – it seems that she is arguing here for the same shift … Continue reading →

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revoking or binding the magic: evil or necessity?

Posted on October 25, 2012 by dichroic

I feel like I’m teetering on the brink of an epiphany about a shift in children’s and YA fantasy here. It’s also possible, though, that it’s one of those things that seems profound until you look back on it, and … Continue reading →

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MacLeod e-release

Posted on October 19, 2012 by dichroic

Yay! All, or at least many, of Charlotte MacLeod’s books are either available or about to be available for Kindle! (I presume this means they’re available in other e-formats too.) I’ll have to go check my records and see which … Continue reading →

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