To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
MC Press, the publisher of my book, BYTE-ing Satire, usually has a semi-annual sale in its online store during June and December. This month (June 2009) it has BYTE-ing Satire on it’s “$5 Table.” The suggested retail price is $14.95, so you can buy it now for a few cents more than one-third of the [...]
The last time I checked, the Amazon US Web site said it had only two copies of BYTE-ing Satire in stock. The Amazon Canada site was reporting its inventory as just one copy. Last year, both online bookstores sold out before Christmas. It usually takes Amazon a couple of weeks to get new copies from [...]
Summer is here, the season traditionally reserved for a light reading at the beach or park. The Amazon Web site says that BYTE-ing Satire: A light-hearted poke in technology’s eye weighs just 7.2 ounces. Not that I’m trying to push the book or anything. I’m just saying.
My previous two post (click here for the first and here for the second) listed reasons to buy my book, BYTE-ing Satire: A light-hearted poke in technology’s eye. Here are still more reasons, but these are the last ones I’m going to provide. By now I’ve probably convinced you to buy it. Any more reasons [...]
My previous post listed the top 10 reasons to buy my book, BYTE-ing Satire: A light-hearted poke in technology’s eye. Obviously, there are more than just 10. For example, here are some additional reasons. The cover includes an illustration of a clown with a computer on his lap. Who doesn’t love clowns, computers and, especially, [...]
People ask why they should buy my book, BYTE-ing Satire: A light-hearted poke in technology’s eye. Here are the top 10 reasons. Â My mother thinks it’s funny. She wouldn’t lie about something like that. Â I have three friends who think it’s funny. That makes the appraisal unanimous among my friends. Â My editor [...]
Scientists tell us that single-celled life originally appeared on earth about 3.6 billion years ago, give or take a few hundred million years. The first recognizably human beings waltzed onto the scene roughly four million years ago. Alright, waltzed may not be the right word. I suspect that the best that they could do is [...]
I typically have the radio on when I’m working away in my lonely writer’s garret. (Alright, it’s not really a garret, it’s on the lower of two floors and was called the second bedroom when I bought my condo, but garret sounds much more creative.) My radio is always tuned to the same station: JAZZ.FM91, [...]