http://www.stillhq.com The life, times, travel and software of Michael Still en Copyright (c) Michael Still 2000 - 2006 blosxom simplerss20 v20050208hh 180 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss /book/Robin_Sloan Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:19:00 PST Boing Boing put me onto this online short story. Its really very good, and it distracted me from the book I am meant to be reading by not only being clever, but also by using jargon in a manner that not only furthered the story, but (and here's the rare bit) didn't make me immediately cringe. The story is also chock full of quotable quotes, of which I will supply you with one: <br/><br/> <blockquote> I can't stop squirming. If fidgets were Wikipedia edits, I would have completely revamped the entry on guilt by now, and translated it into six new languages. </blockquote> <br/><br/> <a href="http://robinsloan.com/2009/41/">An excellent short story of our modern times</a>. <br/><br/><i>Tags for this post: <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/tags/book.html">book</a> <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/tags/robin_sloan.html">robin_sloan</a></i> <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/book/Robin_Sloan/Mr_Penumbras_24_book_store.commentform.html">Comment</a> http://www.stillhq.com/book/Robin_Sloan/Mr_Penumbras_24_book_store.html http://www.stillhq.com/book/Robin_Sloan/Mr_Penumbras_24_book_store.html