Author Archives: Kip

New from Germany: Mr. R. has gotten married and…has taken his WIFE’S last name, making him Mr. S? What? I’m still waiting for an answer on that, Mr. S. Does this have anything to do with Hasselhoff? Anyway, Mr. S. … Continue reading →

Well, Spin State by Chris Moriarty is all finished. A passably good book but a little forced at times. I’m happy to say that I’m 3/4s of the way through Richard Morgan’s Market Forces (winner of a Philip K. Dick … Continue reading →

Hah! As I’ve recently mentioned, I believe the entire geek world has a crush on Kari Byron from Mythbusters. That being said, it’s good news that she’s got a four-page spread in the June issue of FHM. There’s an online … Continue reading →

Okay, I was contacted in another post by the notorious Eurotrash punk, Mr. R., who demands my email address. Now, if I had time, I’d just type it up in Photoshop and make it an image. For those wondering why … Continue reading →

I dug up a page with ST on it and commenced mailing her (for those of you who hate the fact that I use initials, thppthh, sorry, I hate giving out full names). There has been a great degree of … Continue reading →

Alright. Wikipedia has this one slightly wrong, I believe. The backstory, quickly: a man once assaulted Dan Rather shouting, “What’s the frequency, Kenneth?” or, according to Rather, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” Now, the wiki just says that the assailant, … Continue reading →

I’ve got to do something to rein in my email-writing. I am positive that people don’t want to read all the crap I send them. Absolutely positive. Last night I was in rare form. I spent TWO HOURS composing an … Continue reading →

Now, there are very few people that I’ve shuffled off my mortal coil over the years that I want to get back in touch with. The ones I want to be in touch with, I’m in touch with (even if … Continue reading →

After about six months, I’ve completed my tour of re-reading Cryptonomicon (which I consider a prequel to the Baroque Cycle) and my first readings of the Baroque Cycle novels (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World). These are … Continue reading →

Found another nasty little trojan. Directprt.dll. Trojan “Goldun”, as NAV identifies it. NAV couldn’t do anything to it, so I booted in safe mode and ran NAV plus a few other anti-spyware anti-virus tools. Pretty sure I got rid of … Continue reading →