I had the misfortune of falling sick today, my one day off this week. So I spent several hours finishing reading “Penny Arcade.”:http://www.penny-arcade.com Yes, all of it, from the first strip (“11 November 1998″:http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1998/11/18) to the most recent “10 February 2006.”:http://www.penny-arcade.com/2006/02/10 I’m pleased to say that the strip has gotten better over time (as it [...]
A recent article on the commercial failure of the Xbox in Japan, to which I contributed some comments, has been syndicated from The Christian Science Monitor to USA Today. Read it again, if you like, or “refer to my earlier post”:http://benhourigan.com/archives/2006/01/10/no-clamor-for-xbox-in-japan/ about its first appearance in the Monitor. The article also contains some comments by [...]
Just a few minutes ago, Sasha posted this masterful comment, which made me, university trained geek that I am, laugh harder than I had in weeks. Kudos to you, Sasha. Thanks, too, to the mysterious Jess/Jessica, who made such a good butt for Sasha’s jokes. What are you waiting for? Read the comment!
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Kiss Me, Genius Boy is Ben Hourigan's debut novel, and the first of three volumes in the No More Dreams series. Available on the full range of ebook platforms starting at just 99c on Kindle, KMGB is an unforgettable tragi-comic tale of teen romance and obsession. Full details here.About
Ben Hourigan is an indie novelist, the author of Kiss Me, Genius Boy (2011). He is also the manager of digital operations at a Melbourne design publisher, a freelance writer and editor, and the founder of ebook label hourigan.co.
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In the absence of genuine content updates, the long-overdue announcement that this site no longer uses WordPress 2.5 or K2, but is now on WordPress 2.6 and a new theme. I spent several weeks looking for a new base theme for my WordPress sites, and I finally settled on Freshy. Paired with the aptly named [...]