Last week, I read Geek Mafia by Rick Dakan.

It's getting to be that time of year again.

Even though I use Microsoft Windows Server 2003 at work, I'm an unabashed Novell fan.

This is a total geek-out post, so if you're not into server operating systems or e-mail systems or if up-time doesn't matter in your world, ignore it, okay?

Brain Hemorrhage Anyone?

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I do not believe in saints.

Last week, I finished Glasshouse by Charlie Stross.

I've been reading a lot more lately than I have in a long, long while. Part of that has included a lot of last year's award winners. There's been a lot of really great science-fiction that I haven't read in recent years and I'm trying to catch up a bit. Glasshouse is one of those.

I voted yesterday.

Yeah, I know, something like two weeks before the normal election day, I was able to vote.  Turns out, there has been a massive response this year and huge numbers of people are voting.  Personally, I think that's great.  I mean, a friend of mine said he'd heard they were expecting something like a 60% turn out rate, which is monster.  As I recall, normally, the percentage of people who vote is less than 20%, so to get so many people out voting is wonderful.

I am not nice.

So, I'm kind of, well, not a nice person sometimes. I have been known to be self-serving, arrogant, overly pleased with my own intelligence and, on occasion, too willing to take the proverbial low road. I did that today.

Hey, wanna' see something cool?

How about a home-made zombie movie? This is labeled "Episode 1", which implies they're going to do more, but it's been a long time since the first one, so who knows? Until then, though, go enjoy Episode One of We Are Prey.

Seriously, it's better than some of the stuff that's made it to DVD. Really!

No, really, I have this friend who wants to know what people think.