Category: Books

Just read this story (via Digg), about a “reverse CAPTCHA”. For those of you who don’t know, a CAPTCHA is a “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”, and is used on many content …

I finally finished up Damn Near Dead, an anthology of geezer noir featuring writers such as Victor Gischler, Sean Doolittle, and Megan Abbott. It’s the brainchild of editor Duane Swierczynski and publisher David Thompson, and yes, alcohol was involved.

The …

Glad tidings come today from “Mighty” Dave White, who has announced that he’s sold When One Man Dies, his first book featuring private eye Jackson Donne, as part of a “very nice” two-book deal.

It couldn’t happen to a nicer …

After seeing some of the enthusiastic reviews around the web, I finally kicked Kiss Kiss Bang Bang up to the top of my Netflix queue. The verdict: one of the most entertaining movies I’ve seen in a long time. …

After yesterday’s tech-fest, I thought today I’d talk about a book I finished up over the weekend: Scott Wolven’s collection of stories, Controlled Burn. I’d read a few of these stories when they appeared online - “Atomic Supernove”, for …