Writers' Bloc at Eastercon 2014.
Writers’ Bloc at Eastercon 2014 I will be reading my story “Leftovers” as part of the Planet Scotland event this Sunday from 20:00-22:00 in Castle 1. Hope to see you there. [more info]
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Writers' Bloc at the Science Festival.
Writers’ Bloc at the Science Festival Writers’ Bloc returns to the Edinburgh International Science Festival for The Culture Collider, an exploration of weird science and stranger arts. The show starts at 8pm on Sunday the 13th of April in the Red Lecture Theatre, Summerhall. I will be reading a new story. Hope to see you there. [more info · tickets · more of my fiction]
Writers' Bloc at the Book Festival
Writers’ Bloc at the Book Festival Writers’ Bloc returns to the Edinburgh International Book Festival for a special event with John Lemke and Poppy Ackroyd. The show starts at 9pm, Wednesday 14th August in the Spiegeltent, Charlotte Square. [more info]
Research help: find the women in these '80s music videos.
The Girl in the Video: original interviews with icons of 1980s MTV Recently I posted a link to Marc T. Nobleman’s “The Girl in the Video” series in which he interviews women who starred in ‘80s music videos. I neglected to note that he is still searching for three of them. Since I know many folks who are either excellent researchers or ‘80s music lovers (or both), I thought I’d help out.
Cyg Runs for Iain Banks
Cyg Runs for Iain Banks The summer has been so hectic that I forgot to fundraise (or even mention, really) this Sunday’s 10K race. I am fundraising for Cancer Research UK in memory of Iain Banks.
cygnoir.net on Facebook
cygnoir.net on Facebook cygnoir.net is on Facebook!1 It’s 2007 all over again! Social media metrics! Buzz marketing! If you “like” this page, you will receive updates from me in your Facebook feed. Well, probably. I’m still not sure how those algorithms work … If Facebook isn’t your thing, updates are also posted to Bloglovin, Google+, LiveJournal, Tumblr, and Twitter. 1. It’s actually been around for a while. I’m mentioning it now because I stopped posting these updates to my personal page.
PopClip for Mac
PopClip for Mac PopClip is a neat app that appears when you select text with your mouse, giving you context-specific options like copy, paste, and search. More options are available via free extensions for popular services like Evernote, Instapaper, TaskPaper, and more. PopClip is on sale for $0.99, but the sale ends today!