tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14807299190582726232024-03-12T19:28:43.189-07:00Hooray For Everything!I am a major CYleBERty and an award-winning coiner of cyber-neologisms. I textcast every cyber-detail of my life to my eager fans.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-11308952594062373932008-09-02T22:09:00.000-07:002008-09-02T22:17:38.525-07:00Corky giving away books in New Orleans<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAbJ9u9r_7P7lXHT1EgxtwyK2Dfqo6vbAhnRcqBKf0UfCv55Y3ladF7CNK2Vi5lNGvh4D9Fa5qMdvwLEh-wqijO-blOfJfkCjJ9PztV6qYtypcYrmu3DmbcEb7i1tptRPykG4OE-LgiCo/s1600-h/Katrina_3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241659734013263954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAbJ9u9r_7P7lXHT1EgxtwyK2Dfqo6vbAhnRcqBKf0UfCv55Y3ladF7CNK2Vi5lNGvh4D9Fa5qMdvwLEh-wqijO-blOfJfkCjJ9PztV6qYtypcYrmu3DmbcEb7i1tptRPykG4OE-LgiCo/s320/Katrina_3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hurricane Gustav has been a jaw-dropping tragedy of jaw-dropping proportions. That's why I'll be in New Orleans for the rest of the week, giving away free copies of my short fiction anthology, <em>How to Make Love to Corky Devereaux</em>. It's the least I can do for these poor, uneducated victims of nature's fury. If anyone needs to reach me, please contact my agent.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-30926142349766919922008-09-02T21:20:00.000-07:002008-09-02T21:53:33.299-07:00I wuz robbed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcCWYcwbP_hrhkR2HsUSLdn2LsfkR4J23ww3iLco2pJb662Phoh9InLGDXsc6U7BEtXAsSlTKd6xXFb3-vjBeaVQlR8am0xUqd6A512H7-mJScHKxW_H0cHge8YQ47fO846HKOGUpNv3T/s1600-h/unic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241652756904360354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcCWYcwbP_hrhkR2HsUSLdn2LsfkR4J23ww3iLco2pJb662Phoh9InLGDXsc6U7BEtXAsSlTKd6xXFb3-vjBeaVQlR8am0xUqd6A512H7-mJScHKxW_H0cHge8YQ47fO846HKOGUpNv3T/s320/unic.jpg" border="0" /></a>If you're like me you hate always bending over to tie your shoes, which is why I bought a pair of <a href="http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/th/theprimroselane/robotboots630.jpg">these</a> last year. But yesterday morning a TSA security goon confiscated them, even after I showed them the special note from Terezzza warning them not to be mean to me!<br /><br />I'm really pissed. Really, really pissed. I really liked those boots and clearly this guy decided he wanted to just fuck with me for the hell of it. Short of flying to London, I can't replace them, ever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-90897788819177678942008-08-29T12:14:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:28:03.484-07:00Obama to Steampunks: Eat Shit and DieFuck you, Barack Obama. Fuck. You.<br /><br />You KNEW I was slated to speak last night at the Second Annual Cleveland Steamers Convention. You KNEW it was going to be cyber-casted across the aetherweb. I sent you the official press release THREE WEEKS ago. I sent you dozens of cyber-text-mails -- which went unanswered. I left you at least 30 electro-voice-messages in the past week alone, informing you that I would be speaking and to please show some common courtesy and re-schedule your acceptance speech at the DNC.<br /><br />But instead of doing the right thing, you went ahead with your plan and gave your speech anyway. And as a final insult, your speech mentioned nothing -- zilch, zero, nada -- about the jaw-dropping role that the steam engine played in shaping this nation.<br /><br />I cannot in good conscience vote for an anti-steampunk candidate like yourself.<br /><br />I also cannot vote for you, because I am Canadian.<br /><br />Fuck you, Barack Obama.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-22668569148437104342008-08-28T13:07:00.000-07:002008-08-28T13:15:42.875-07:00Corky speaking tonight at Cleveland Steamers convention<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UEeBUFJWvIhEyFLaYN0Ih1qUcfmERF9VHFdZappoFjsnUy8sritAPYVwVuEASGJCMkc382eB33nMTDwbFQHHgx7LTueK17Ze0HrJujLO99Skz5RRGoiatf2jRtBvOLLtZV6xrbjYVcOT/s1600-h/clev.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239664660364656034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-UEeBUFJWvIhEyFLaYN0Ih1qUcfmERF9VHFdZappoFjsnUy8sritAPYVwVuEASGJCMkc382eB33nMTDwbFQHHgx7LTueK17Ze0HrJujLO99Skz5RRGoiatf2jRtBvOLLtZV6xrbjYVcOT/s320/clev.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>I'll be giving the keynote address at the second annual Cleveland Steamers Convention, which kicks off tonight! Here's a photo of me reading from my 14th novel <em>Captain Steamo</em> at last year's event. The Cleveland Steamers is an exclusive club that I co-founded with my fellow CYleBERty Mark Furryfluffer, to celebrate all things Steampunk. Since its jaw-dropping inception the club has grown to over a dozen members! I hope you can all be there tonight!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-70526444486965601132008-08-28T10:45:00.000-07:002008-08-28T10:50:28.144-07:00Corky buys something for a lot of money!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_bQrc1L_PoAbOAPQlBmTSddq2ShUdS85vNsNMEmqUxVyI9FjC7B0lBDHIpQ6QLfBTNRSKG_TK1gS1HwnYCaF3If-KNPZ1jqLYfgNFgxedt7BrQQYNDuGkr1Yiyc7_WCj5GuBHGEuDwMI/s1600-h/helmet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239627272634747938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_bQrc1L_PoAbOAPQlBmTSddq2ShUdS85vNsNMEmqUxVyI9FjC7B0lBDHIpQ6QLfBTNRSKG_TK1gS1HwnYCaF3If-KNPZ1jqLYfgNFgxedt7BrQQYNDuGkr1Yiyc7_WCj5GuBHGEuDwMI/s400/helmet.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Because I like to tell everyone how much money I spend on things, I just bought this on Ebay for $4800! The custom engraving was an additional $300. I'm wearing it right now so you can't see how far my jaw has dropped!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-70221029828671685892008-08-20T13:40:00.000-07:002008-08-20T13:40:01.079-07:00My only crime was explosive diarrhea!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JRhdbvgUeG7juEIYoDVm09hYBqTlfImaARgjoQURw82oLaIE5BocmlzvAP-fYZzMMFpDDKfc9Y_H2VrYs_g37yzBFLLc053AkejOXruYge-wLY45w_SWhqNyTuF3RYYztTJ5rrOqtS44/s1600-h/hackers.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234900292667095186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4JRhdbvgUeG7juEIYoDVm09hYBqTlfImaARgjoQURw82oLaIE5BocmlzvAP-fYZzMMFpDDKfc9Y_H2VrYs_g37yzBFLLc053AkejOXruYge-wLY45w_SWhqNyTuF3RYYztTJ5rrOqtS44/s320/hackers.jpg" border="0" /></a>My jaw just dropped when I realized it's been a jaw-dropping thirteen years since the jaw-droppingly wonderful and amazing movie "Hackers" was released, the movie that is the basis for most of my novels!<br /><div></div><br /><div>I remember when my mom drove me to see it -- I was so excited I pooped my pants and the usher threw us out -- but then I snuck back in (I always carry a spare set of sweats just in case) and watched it eight more jaw-dropping times! Then I went home and make my own cardboard-craft "Gibson" in my bedroom, and I hacked into it again and again!</div><br /><div>Sweet, sweet meme-ories. Ahh, to be 25 again.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-25485149715719047822008-08-18T08:00:00.000-07:002008-08-18T08:00:03.091-07:00Photos from Corky's meals<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoT5h4Jl7SYfWkIpyK_YRmwVeJaAUW7yM1QFc4F8nYSztgRf-oPmZD7qtIfQu_pMz5KcwgrZpsLUP5OFmnNuBSTRGSx1iDGsHwVQSWyEf1MFtixxjTZPi3e-LSNXfMT_EYY-cnjjkBW2B/s1600-h/cheetos.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234879005806025458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoT5h4Jl7SYfWkIpyK_YRmwVeJaAUW7yM1QFc4F8nYSztgRf-oPmZD7qtIfQu_pMz5KcwgrZpsLUP5OFmnNuBSTRGSx1iDGsHwVQSWyEf1MFtixxjTZPi3e-LSNXfMT_EYY-cnjjkBW2B/s320/cheetos.jpg" border="0" /></a>Last night, an online meanie disagreed with my opinion about Steampunk. I cried quietly to myself for a few hours, and then I called Terezzza on my iPhone. She immediately came over to my apartment, gave me a soothing sponge bath with peppermint soap, and made me this delicious peanut butter sandwich with cheetos. Later, she let me put my head in her lap. As she stroked my hair and sang soft lullabyes, I drifted off to peaceful, jaw-dropping slumber.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-25352976219444355732008-08-16T14:48:00.000-07:002008-08-16T14:48:00.251-07:00Margaret Atwood remixes one of Corky's short stories!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-AKrMVDq9v7kne65PjWPag2FWgyo76CkpaH7BxK97N-ci8gKcE16w3AuQBsXy4Sn3Ra7ak_Z-QClcRvNb1bafbeFZCzpA1peB4v8P6BQTTnfW9RRiUFsZaAVuiiCNkDKi1dXI_qxiNrM/s1600-h/180px-Oryx_and_crake.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234867939713656370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-AKrMVDq9v7kne65PjWPag2FWgyo76CkpaH7BxK97N-ci8gKcE16w3AuQBsXy4Sn3Ra7ak_Z-QClcRvNb1bafbeFZCzpA1peB4v8P6BQTTnfW9RRiUFsZaAVuiiCNkDKi1dXI_qxiNrM/s320/180px-Oryx_and_crake.jpg" border="0" /></a> Jaw? Dropping! Shirt? Covered with drool! Heart? Aching with joy! I could not be happier right now: Margaret Atwood, a relatively obscure (until now!) Canadian author, has remixed my 1999 award-mentioning short story <em>The Secret Cyber-Diary of Captain Massengill Smugtwat</em> into a full length novel! I haven't read it yet (I'm in the middle of an exhaustive project to translate "The Watchmen" into Kleet -- a Klingon version of leet-speak)... but I'll get to it as soon as I can! I love being able to help my fellow authors with their careers!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-84085028381745065512008-08-14T13:41:00.000-07:002008-08-14T13:57:03.158-07:00Corky's favorite anagrams for "STEAMPUNK"<ol><li>Spunk At Me</li><li>Spank Mute</li><li>Meat Spunk</li><li>Mask Ten Up</li><li>Ma Kent Pus</li><li>Mast Ken Up</li><li>Pa Me Stunk</li><li>Team Spunk</li><li>Nap Musket</li></ol>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-34245865255814105102008-08-14T12:25:00.000-07:002008-08-14T12:36:19.717-07:00Neal Stephenson remixes Corky's latest novel!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nB-Qz3S0467q6kGwsxkq3TvFEcW3DbRPqGDmHixIPGLHG4zaUjebSWmkc5UeewaTMAD3Jue2EI5pZu-eKO-HnSWXhdw-OpIncIn6pIIwmxwKDXQe35ZW1iY89Iy4wFJQOnN5KgAA-1j_/s1600-h/anathemcover.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234459397606087186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5nB-Qz3S0467q6kGwsxkq3TvFEcW3DbRPqGDmHixIPGLHG4zaUjebSWmkc5UeewaTMAD3Jue2EI5pZu-eKO-HnSWXhdw-OpIncIn6pIIwmxwKDXQe35ZW1iY89Iy4wFJQOnN5KgAA-1j_/s320/anathemcover.jpg" border="0" /></a>My good friend Neal Stephenson has remixed my soon-to-be-award-nominated novel <em>L177L3 BL0663r</em> into a 950-page tour-de-force! It's a jaw-droppingly amazing honor to have helped Neal in his burgeoning career as a novelist. Stay cyber-tuned for more of my wonderful novels remixed by Margaret Atwood, Rudy Rucker, William Gibson, John Milton, J.K. Rowling, and Noam Chomsky.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-91256894932176208082008-08-13T15:00:00.000-07:002008-08-13T15:12:19.448-07:00Steampunk ... in the kitchen!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNGncySf2IAT6LfStrU0dgSynyE24drvBQnSBNZGItcHIx1fGQ3dSKy21jotdSUjcPGjc0-8YP1rmsIHl8aDRZcMOEOFEkVt-BinG8EhTPge45JpHmrBLakvaaMMxFl0iEdr2t7tvzCVh/s1600-h/jc-steamer.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234127370175294754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNGncySf2IAT6LfStrU0dgSynyE24drvBQnSBNZGItcHIx1fGQ3dSKy21jotdSUjcPGjc0-8YP1rmsIHl8aDRZcMOEOFEkVt-BinG8EhTPge45JpHmrBLakvaaMMxFl0iEdr2t7tvzCVh/s320/jc-steamer.jpg" border="0" /></a>It's not made of brass, but this soul-searingly, wonderfully beautiful little piece of bamboocraft still adds an absolutely amazingly edgy element of drool-inducing steampunkery to your kitchen! This jaw-dropping kictchenhack harnesses the incredible power of steam to heat just about anything! Apparently the Japanese have been using these achingly precious little doodads for decades. I just told my secretary Terezzza to electro-mail my personal chef about getting one. Or perhaps I will pick one up when I get to Tokyo (I'm on the plane right now as a matter of fact!)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-67056769839645419002008-08-12T08:31:00.000-07:002008-08-12T09:20:15.571-07:00Introducing our new forum moderator<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_s5meK8U0Q0xkDU0H-IWud-CFi9c1-0_eRSEcx-WjOnnqLh6Tcswz4Edjmd2pfd4OGZwBdFZST1ItTv8vlKVESHuvfBIluQsKV00okvOYIZhuuBBVAybuZaLfGqEUMC8MpOgWTGRoyNuI/s1600-h/tmh.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233662398623336402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_s5meK8U0Q0xkDU0H-IWud-CFi9c1-0_eRSEcx-WjOnnqLh6Tcswz4Edjmd2pfd4OGZwBdFZST1ItTv8vlKVESHuvfBIluQsKV00okvOYIZhuuBBVAybuZaLfGqEUMC8MpOgWTGRoyNuI/s320/tmh.jpg" border="0" /></a><div>As you all know I am a prolific and opinionated CYleBERty. My literary output is nothing less than jaw-dropping: As of today, I have published 77 novels, 244 short stories, 23,921 articles, and an astonishing 94,090,322 blog postings. Now some of you sourpusses will probably say "But Corky, your last eight novels and your last 120 stories were just compilations of blog postings, interspersed with random clippings from software manuals!" Well, poopy heads, I have news for you. Your opinion no longer matters, because there's a new cyber-sherriff in town, here to protect me from you meanies.<br /></div><br /><div>Meet <strong>Terezzza Nickerson Harridan</strong>, Hooray For Everything's new forum moderator. Besides being my trusted friend and cyber-colleague, Terezzza is the inventor of "ampu-texting", a proven technique for ridding cyber-forums of people like you who seem to have nothing better to do with your lives than come into my website and make comments that hurt my feelings. On her own blog, PassingWind, Terezzza has used ampu-texting for the past four years to keep her site clean and sterile. And before you start yelling censorship, you should know that Ampu-texting is not censorship. It is simply the removal of all text from a post. The post still exists, and the poster's opinion is still intact, but the text itself has been completely removed.</div><br /><br /><div>Give Terezzza a warm welcome, and stay tuned for more information, including Hooray For Everything's posting guidelines.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-4574720391214248842008-08-11T09:38:00.000-07:002008-08-11T09:49:28.765-07:00I had sex and here's the proof<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal9DnA584mrgVdoX43tuTulCeGWS7F7VbIZCkbNS8d6kqr4fJQQLiJ5BSzRa3I_h37il1GrCACB3VxepJSX701HXy1vSJKppLVEzYj3VAj3Z3cFsFbU9r3W_RuKo4FjDCsM_HWvzqPPlX/s1600-h/babyrobot.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233302757689040562" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhal9DnA584mrgVdoX43tuTulCeGWS7F7VbIZCkbNS8d6kqr4fJQQLiJ5BSzRa3I_h37il1GrCACB3VxepJSX701HXy1vSJKppLVEzYj3VAj3Z3cFsFbU9r3W_RuKo4FjDCsM_HWvzqPPlX/s320/babyrobot.jpg" border="0" /></a>Mandible-lowering image of my first attempt at embryocraft! An achingly adorable picture of my newborn DNA mashup, Ascii Tiberius Gibson Babbage Tardis Fortran McSteam Devereaux! I took this with one of my brand new iPhones! I had sex!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-14112496948483298922008-08-05T12:52:00.000-07:002008-08-05T13:13:05.467-07:00Where is Corky?GlandularDisorder writes:<br /><blockquote>"Corky, where have you been?"</blockquote><br />I've been in meatspace for the past couple of months due to the birth of my son, Ascii Tiberius Gibson SteamJedi Devereaux. Now that I'm back in the meme-sphere, I'm wondering if I should keep maintaining this cyber-log! I'm so jaw-droppingly busy. So I pose the question to you, my steamy cyberphants: do you want me to come back? Reply to this text-cast and let me know!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-72644971871793946302008-06-09T20:39:00.000-07:002008-06-09T20:48:47.390-07:00Corky masturbating furiously tonight from 11:15 to 11:35 PST<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0FwMignbf49BA3DFQa7dBN36fg4vAxrV3YUaDc2cB6GLom6W7UQ7nMe_4VEKdCqBsO_d-1KBmmvQ8D7_tasMWCJ3S2L5olGXK7KKuFAE-K80Bfyr8SGs7qdjfZlG8-cCrY-oYVgBqGY3/s1600-h/diffeng.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210094751396024706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF0FwMignbf49BA3DFQa7dBN36fg4vAxrV3YUaDc2cB6GLom6W7UQ7nMe_4VEKdCqBsO_d-1KBmmvQ8D7_tasMWCJ3S2L5olGXK7KKuFAE-K80Bfyr8SGs7qdjfZlG8-cCrY-oYVgBqGY3/s320/diffeng.jpg" border="0" /></a>Tonight I plan to open my autographed copy of <em>The Difference Engine</em>, paste a picture of myself to the inside flap of the dust jacket, and gaze upon it while masturbating furiously for approximately 20 minutes. I will be away from electro-mail and text-casting during that time. If anyone needs to reach me, please contact my agent.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-64885815060167360332008-06-09T11:40:00.000-07:002008-06-09T11:47:15.429-07:00Knitted poopcraft!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bQggmdEaisSwJMbJ00uPNMr4sUpzeHU4F5XnG0OhYirmZhARYvsAGSdVg-vuAPRbPTvc6zbrsXT0fpH5eDZbO-KAETDBxllIvhx00BuwGaX1KpWaN9rygPEi7BGDBEHJVSniMCmSubEW/s1600-h/knit.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209954855550975458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bQggmdEaisSwJMbJ00uPNMr4sUpzeHU4F5XnG0OhYirmZhARYvsAGSdVg-vuAPRbPTvc6zbrsXT0fpH5eDZbO-KAETDBxllIvhx00BuwGaX1KpWaN9rygPEi7BGDBEHJVSniMCmSubEW/s320/knit.jpg" border="0" /></a>My longtime associate Mark Fanfellater writes:<br /><div><blockquote>"As a DIY afficionado and fecalpheliac, I just adore this yarn-turd! I keep it in my pocket for emergencies. I'm trying to convince my wife to knit me some more so I can have a whole pile of them to roll around in!"</blockquote></div><div>Count me in! <em>(Thanks, Mark Fanfellater!)</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-52166932277896523472008-06-09T10:07:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:16:09.636-07:00Wonderful Steampunk™ doorknob<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfkeZJHi9_mMqCskHWaJg1FcuteUITl37b_ZHYOTc0GQ2SZWUYKm_4xPDDowEiJdEOM0-_JS9vkvQsc6RS6a98uHH2ZhCIct0b3O6gEr7O0uvWHloqiSzehLbX5b9OOCldRwkH3mTkJOT/s1600-h/knob.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209931726251204482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfkeZJHi9_mMqCskHWaJg1FcuteUITl37b_ZHYOTc0GQ2SZWUYKm_4xPDDowEiJdEOM0-_JS9vkvQsc6RS6a98uHH2ZhCIct0b3O6gEr7O0uvWHloqiSzehLbX5b9OOCldRwkH3mTkJOT/s320/knob.jpg" border="0" /></a>This exquisite piece of doorcraft is made of brass which means it's Steampunkâ„¢! Just look at it -- so shiny! I like shiny! <em>(Thanks, WizardSleeve!)</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-63725950850923009402008-06-06T15:41:00.000-07:002008-06-06T15:49:15.519-07:00Lovingly crafted steampunk dildo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMtw6nW5-B_RWJklFdTwFecPixO36WxtZZ4xiNnM6f5n8dKRD6oajxlGZkWrzFDYIY9F_e31LnEDMJIBRC0X_Tn8Pfjx_IYWys2AzBm56wc-a8FG4EDG3bHg5OUtN50UbisZsI2H5UD2H/s1600-h/sdil.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208903805335694450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifMtw6nW5-B_RWJklFdTwFecPixO36WxtZZ4xiNnM6f5n8dKRD6oajxlGZkWrzFDYIY9F_e31LnEDMJIBRC0X_Tn8Pfjx_IYWys2AzBm56wc-a8FG4EDG3bHg5OUtN50UbisZsI2H5UD2H/s320/sdil.jpg" border="0" /></a>My fellow electro-memecaster Sexi Jardon sent me this image -- its an amazing, wonderful, painfully lovely steampunk dildo, crafted from solid brass. It even has its own three-legged stand for storage and display! My. Jaw. Is. Dropping. I sure do wish I had a vagina! <em>(Thanks, Sexi!)</em>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-60827086996337531092008-06-06T14:59:00.000-07:002008-06-06T15:19:00.903-07:00UPDATE: Censorship discussion removed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5csLy1XCOHGj_6NaUdad5cMG17YtoBYIhuMtvXGDtokJp07yoHNJZ52lu4e5pjDa7CdpPBf8zRoEi3t3ngFh5xAltqSMFAAqQ5IsfpJUHl7kHDMS-eCzwz9c8hzahPIislBmNe9k5ukBf/s1600-h/constitution_quill_pen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208896194454948850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5csLy1XCOHGj_6NaUdad5cMG17YtoBYIhuMtvXGDtokJp07yoHNJZ52lu4e5pjDa7CdpPBf8zRoEi3t3ngFh5xAltqSMFAAqQ5IsfpJUHl7kHDMS-eCzwz9c8hzahPIislBmNe9k5ukBf/s320/constitution_quill_pen.jpg" border="0" /></a>Many of you are electro-mailing me wondering what happened to yesterday's post about censorship, "How the internet will preserve the free exchange of ideas and opinions, and rescue the first amendment from conservative tyrants".<br /><br />Because some of the comments were insufficiently polite or took positions contrary to my own, I regret to tell you that that post has been removed by our moderator, along with its comments. Furthermore, the disagreeable participants have been banned from ever commenting again.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-20453923710612699312008-06-06T13:44:00.000-07:002008-06-06T14:16:18.508-07:00More on the calendarfight frontFor years I have written and spoken at length about the paralyzingly wrong-headed approach taken by the world's calendar makers when it comes to the name of our tenth month: <em>October</em>. I can barely bring myself to type the name without my jaw dropping from the sheer nonsense of it. Think about it: does an octagon have ten sides? Does an octopus have ten legs? Just in case you are one of the criminally insane and dangerously retarded observers of the Gregorian calendar system, I will spell it out for you: the answer is NO.<br /><br />Octofascists will of course tell you that it doesn't matter. "October retained its name when January and February were added, and it's been in use for centuries," they'll say. To them I say, fuck you. You do not own my time and I refuse to slavishly follow a twisted ideology in which 8=10. Take that to its logical extreme and we are left with nothing less than the Orwellian horror of 4=5:<br /><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then? <em>[George Orwell was a friend of mine -CD]</em></span></blockquote><br />And in my recent research I've found that that's not even the worst of it. Not only would Octofascists tell you that four equals five, but that nine equals eleven ("November") and ten equals twelve ("December")!<br /><br />The veil has been lifted, people. Open your eyes to the truth, if you're brave enough.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-53149389430966162132008-06-05T16:51:00.001-07:002008-06-06T08:20:06.219-07:00Breathtakingly incredible steampunk tanning bed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FAtOSR3lknL8QxIAIATk5AdlMpqR2HhJWXrXDoPbaqiO52XuaeV0aI_aFKU99Lf1PQstcVwPKwRBrEL0E5uhmQZaeqSY1NTnBymQIkM-eQSJ5VUGZwghQh5C5Hs-slmsDE4kVAjeneVW/s1600-h/iron+lung.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208788341398431506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FAtOSR3lknL8QxIAIATk5AdlMpqR2HhJWXrXDoPbaqiO52XuaeV0aI_aFKU99Lf1PQstcVwPKwRBrEL0E5uhmQZaeqSY1NTnBymQIkM-eQSJ5VUGZwghQh5C5Hs-slmsDE4kVAjeneVW/s320/iron+lung.jpg" border="0" /></a>Color me tanned! I love this drool-worthy steampunk tanning bed, and apparently so does this lucky young steampunker! Also: I wrote a book.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-13657768144103625342008-06-05T09:56:00.000-07:002008-06-05T09:58:50.767-07:00The Detroit Redwings win the Stanley Cup!The Detroit Red Wings are the Stanley Cup champions once again. This is a victory that I also lay claim to, since the Redwings are partially named after one of my favorite colors (red), and they are also from Canada! Go Redwings! Woo Hoo!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-53684697312375114792008-06-04T13:05:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:23:26.452-07:00Uber-futuristic transparent walls: what are the implications for privacy?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMvx8i7izSkXu9lGQd6NmH7DGd1fT8qF8AobCLUT1sVUYIqW5hEsgJaXk7H2HFm6pUv5DRBxzlRAIiAPgLnvv3BfbxIiGpgwh1So2FIx37Td26dswWoJaM3F5AfoUh1Igf7sE3kksyM3P/s1600-h/windo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208123073091592082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIMvx8i7izSkXu9lGQd6NmH7DGd1fT8qF8AobCLUT1sVUYIqW5hEsgJaXk7H2HFm6pUv5DRBxzlRAIiAPgLnvv3BfbxIiGpgwh1So2FIx37Td26dswWoJaM3F5AfoUh1Igf7sE3kksyM3P/s320/windo.jpg" border="0" /></a>MessyWiper says,<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><blockquote>"My company is developing an experimental new silica-based building material that may someday be used to create super-thin transparent walls, which would permit direct viewing of objects or persons on the other side, as if the viewer possessed superman-like x-ray vision. It would also allow people to see outside without having to open a door. Here's a picture I snapped from our top-secret outdoor laboroatory showing two of our engineers installing a prototype."</span></blockquote><div></div><div>Wow. Just. Wow. I agree that this is extraordinary, in a very jaw-dropping way, but I worry about what this could mean for privacy in the future. We must proceed with caution. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-58370503815516116162008-06-04T09:27:00.000-07:002008-06-04T09:36:52.940-07:00Obama clinches the nominationBarack Obama is now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee -- a title that I can also lay claim to, since Obama, like myself, is a science-fiction fan, and also a Canadian! I left him a message of congratulation on his voice mail last night. I'm sure he'll call me back. Also worth noting: Barack Obama's favorite movie is <em>Turner and Hooch</em>, which I watched on a plane last year! Barry! Call me!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1480729919058272623.post-24805145455821169712008-06-03T15:01:00.000-07:002008-06-03T15:08:42.300-07:00More adorably clever hydrafitti<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiMQWH57EBLAVl4Xj_0DVzXthDB5m9ITiEjaG0J3ab9dmFGWQ_m44ZrpFaiGRm3EKvTHqhvgeKTCu0YlQAb4xKXKyAZN8Ikr4nkhb6X4cmNrQGMhrGewM0iVTQz0V7kJ5vrvI229_PC4u/s1600-h/072004+kimberley+hydrant.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207780170742011538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 131px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" height="184" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiMQWH57EBLAVl4Xj_0DVzXthDB5m9ITiEjaG0J3ab9dmFGWQ_m44ZrpFaiGRm3EKvTHqhvgeKTCu0YlQAb4xKXKyAZN8Ikr4nkhb6X4cmNrQGMhrGewM0iVTQz0V7kJ5vrvI229_PC4u/s320/072004+kimberley+hydrant.jpg" width="148" border="0" /></a>I've been Segwaying around the city for the past few days collecting more achingly beautiful hydrant art. Here's one that I e-snapped a few blocks from Neil Stephenson's house (I like to pick through his trash, so I was in the neighborhood anyway). When I saw it, my spirit soared like a majestic falcon.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0