Andrew Burt
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About Andrew Burt
Hi, I'm Dr. Andrew Burt, a professional science fiction writer and former Vice President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. I run Critique dot org , the first writers' workshop on the web (now expanded beyond writing to music, photography, etc.). I have the strange distinction of having founded the world's first Internet service provider, back when I was a computer science professor (research in networking, security, privacy, and free-speech/social issues). I'm a technology consultant/author/speaker. I'm currently CEO of TechSoft. For a hobby, I construct solutions to all the world's problems. Fortunately -- nobody listens. I live in the Rockies with my wife and our two parrots.
If I'm not writing about the future (including the future of ebooks on my blog), doing research, programming, fiddling with a web page or a server, hiking, biking, hanging out drinking wine/cosmos/scotch/port, eating, or sleeping, I'm probably, er, well, the empty set...
If I'm not writing about the future (including the future of ebooks on my blog), doing research, programming, fiddling with a web page or a server, hiking, biking, hanging out drinking wine/cosmos/scotch/port, eating, or sleeping, I'm probably, er, well, the empty set...
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Blog postSo, yeah, been a while since I did a blog post, thought I better do one. :)
Since ReAnimus Press deals with a lot of OCR'd and funky copy&pasted manuscripts that have all sorts of wrong style of double quotes in them, I thought I'd share a quick tip how to fix smart quotes in a Word document.
(Smart quotes are the ones that are left and right facing, “like this.” As opposed to non-smart "straight" quotes, that are the same for left and right, "like this.&Yesterday Read more -
Blog postSo, on a forum some guy posted saying, "wow, check out BTC's growth chart!" plus a referral link to a Bitcoin trading site (presumably one from which he gets a referral fee). :}
Putting on my Computer Science professor hat for a moment, my thought was...
Yep, check out that chart -- a classic bubble. Like "Tulip-mania" in the 1600s, except once the value cratered, you could at least plant the tulip bulbs and get a flower. :)
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Blog postSince it seems to be the package stealing time of year :} I thought it might help to share some links I've found useful to keep tabs on packages and mail, and also vacation holds to keep stuff piling up outside when you're out of town...
- UPS "my choice" service lets you get notices when packages are coming and when delivered. You can also set delivery instructions for where to leave packages if you don't want them sitting at the front door. (There's a sort of vacation ho3 years ago Read more -
Blog postIt is just me? I've noticed an annoying trend while flying, that the captain no longer seems to turn off the fasten seatbelt sign when they hit 10,000 feet like they say they'll do, and used to do. Instead they seem to "accidentally" leave it on, and on, and on... despite no turbulence... and on, and on... maybe turning it off after a looooong time -- then, oops! little bump -- back goes the sign on again, and on, and on... more hours of no turbulence... still on... and on...
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Blog postThe Associated Press's AP Stylebook was just updated to say it's okay now, you can lowercase the 'i' in Internet.
Oops, I capitalized it. 30+ year habit.
So, yeah, probably doesn't matter now. I know, it's a proper noun, so we oughta. But we say "a web site" not "a Web site" (or, gack, "a World Wide Web site"). Give me a kleenex. Oops, "Kleenex."
My recollection from ye olde ARPANET days about why we capitalized it was the co4 years ago Read more -
Blog post[About...: This Guest Bloggy Glamorous Geek's Guide Thing ... Roger ... You ]
What you wear under your clothes is at least as important as the clothes themselves, so make it a point to bathe and shave daily, take care of your teeth (bad breath will kill your cred faster than leprosy and Tourette's combined), use deodorant, sit up straight, and generally keep yourself tidy. A lazy Sunday is all well and fine, but if you plan to slink from your Fortress of Solitude and face the real w5 years ago Read more -
Blog postNote: Aburt is turning over the keys to Roger Pseudonym. To clarify any possible confusion, Roger is not Aburt. You don't know Roger. Well, maybe you do. Roger is a pro writer. You can read more about Roger in the 'about' bits. Anyway, he's got some truthy things to say to nerds, starting with...
Clothes A fashion statement using actual fashion [About...: This Guest Bloggy Glamorous Geek's Guide Thing ... Roger ... You ]
I once watched a daytime talk show where a bunch of an5 years ago Read more -
Blog postBefore I begin...
So, yeah, I've been pretty bad about blogging recently. :) I've got a plan to do something about that. (This post isn't it.) I'll be having a guest blogger take some turns, so watch this space. I think you'll find it quite interesting. Okay, on to this post:
I saw in Neil Clarke's post a list of most-common short story titles submitted to his market.
Interesting, I thought. I wonder what the most common titles have been in Critters. Critters has s5 years ago Read more -
Blog postLooking for some beta testers! If you publish through Smashwords, and want to include promotional links to your other titles, but can't because Apple doesn't allow non-Apple links—and you would, of course, want your links to point elsewhere outside of the Apple edition... Then I've got a solution for you to check out.
We developed a "smart link" at ReAnimus Press to solve this, and I've just put a public interface on it so any other Smashwords authors can use it. The smart6 years ago Read more -
Blog postY'all know I love experiments... Sooo, I'm trying an experiment with a physical means of selling ebooks—and looking for volunteers... You get free ebooks (an All Access Pass to ReAnimus's entire ebook catalog), the fun of participating in an innovative experiment, and, of course, you get a share of the proceeds. :)
So, do any of you out there happen to sell print books in person? For example, at a dealer's table at cons, or if you work in a book store, or some other store that has6 years ago Read more -
Blog postReAnimus is pleased to announce we have acquired Advent Publishers! Advent is now a subsidiary of ReAnimus Press, and we will continue to publish Advent's titles under the Advent name. Advent was founded in 1956 by Earl Kemp and others, and has published wonderful books by the likes of James Blish, Hal Clement, Damon Knight, E.E. "Doc" Smith, and many others. Advent's high quality titles have won and been finalists for several Hugo Awards, such as The Encyclopedia of Science Fictio6 years ago Read more
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Blog postI just noticed on facebook another rant about wacky ways of doing math and parental frustration that kids get marked down for getting right answers but not "the right way" (whereas other kids get full credit for getting wrong answers but having tried "the right way").
I've no kids and never seen these wacky math methods before -- and, full disclosure, am a math/computer science Ph.D. / professor sort of person -- but I do understand why one could be graded on whe6 years ago Read more -
Blog postI've been busy with the minions... I hope you like these upgrades:
Faster Network Connection The old network connection from the world to the servers was getting saturated, so I've upgraded the connection. It was already at the max from the old provider, so I've switched to a Comcast Business connection. Lots faster! I hope you notice and enjoy the faster response time!
Let me know of any problems you notice.
New Comment System Added Not the most exciting thing to7 years ago Read more -
Blog postRandom musing of the day: Google knows a huge amount about what web sites you visit, when, and what you looked at. Would it be okay with you if Google also told the owner of those web sites who you are and each time you visited and what you did there?
Apparently LinkedIn does this.
Is it just me who thinks that's creepy? Would it be okay if Google did this?
It strikes me as very P.K.Dick-ian, and not in a pleasant way: "Hey, Pat, Google Mind Reader here, wante7 years ago Read more -
Blog postW00t! Just signed! DAMON KNIGHT, founder of SFWA (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc.), original "Futurian" with Asimov, Pohl, et al., co-founder of the Clarion writers workshop, namesake of SFWA's "Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award" — and author of scores of books and a gazillion short stories. We'll be publishing (almost) everything he wrote, and, hopefully, the anthologies he edited, such as the famous ORBIT series. Stay tuned!
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Blog postSo, I blogged before about switching to one space after the period. I'd read an article (noted therein) that said, in essence, "it's the eeeevil typewriter that switched everyone to two spaces after the period, because of its dastardly monospaced font; so we should all be using the One True Space after the period now that we're not using typewriters. Everybody who's anybody in typesetting knows it should be one. And you look like a moron if you use one." (Okay, that's not a quote,7 years ago Read more
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Blog postI just got email and see on the site: Amazon's KDP system added a payments report. Yay! I'd asked them for this a couple months ago. I have no idea if it was my request or if I was a drop in a downpour, but I'm very glad for it.
It's been a real pain to manually figure out the exchange rate for foreign sales, and to match up bank deposits in dollars to email notices in Euros or Pounds.
Now, if they can figure out where some missing sales went, we'll be all good. (A small de7 years ago Read more -
Blog postReAnimus Press is having a drawing for a **free Kindle**! Just visit www.ReAnimus.com to enter the drawing. Odds are waaaay better than Powerball, and free to enter! :)
Also, Ebooks of Henry Gee's amazing SIGIL TRILOGY are on sale for the Solstice! Book one is FREE, Books 2-3 are 50% off - www.ReAnimus.com/sigil .
Happy holidays everyone!
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Blog postEbooks of Henry Gee's amazing SIGIL TRILOGY are on sale for the Solstice! Book one is FREE, Books 2-3 are half off at $4.99, and the omnibus vol1-3 edition is $9.99! http://ReAnimus.com/sigil --Greg Bear, Michael Moorcock, Nancy Kress, Kim Stanley Robinson and tons of others love it--you will too!
This is through Jan 1st, just for the solstice--read the book and you'll understand why!
[Also available in paperback for great stocking stuffers!]
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Blog postOkay, I've gone paperless for a few years now on a number of my accounts and bills—and I absolutely hate the process. It's not that I hate web interfaces—on the contrary, I'm CEO of a tech company that designs large systems, spent over 20 years as a computer science professor, and am a web pioneer, having founded the first Internet Service Provider—so I love doing things digitally—rather, it's that I absolutely can't stand how most companies have implemented e-statements.
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Blog postDr. Andrew Burt is a professional science fiction writer and former Vice President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. He herds Critters (www.critique.org), the first writer's workshop on the web. Outside of science fiction, he founded the world's first Internet service provider, has been a computer science professor (research in networking, security, privacy, and free-speech/social issues), and a technology consultant/author/speaker. He's currently CEO of TechSoft, and Pres10 years ago Read more
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Books By Andrew Burt
A Sailor on the Sea of Humanity
Feb 18, 2011
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Andrew Burt
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If you had a terrible secret, perhaps you'd find time dilation has its uses...
Delta Pi
Feb 1, 2011
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Andrew Burt
$3.99
Whoever says Pi is a constant simply hasn't checked it precisely enough — which may be a good thing!
A Bird in Hand
Jan 29, 2011
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Andrew Burt
$3.99
Sometimes I wish birds had never discovered that humans were intelligent...
The Reluctant Guest at the Edge of the World
Nov 26, 2010
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Andrew Burt
$3.99
"Free to go" doesn't always mean free to go...
Corpus
Nov 25, 2010
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Andrew Burt
$3.99
She wanted my body. The problem was, I couldn't be exactly sure where to find it...
Privacy Most Public
Nov 19, 2010
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Andrew Burt
$3.99
In the future, the Minuteman software system listens to all phone calls, reads all messages, watches everything, to keep Americans safe... but what happens when it mis-hears what someone says? Who's watching the watchers?
Congestion
Nov 19, 2010
by
Andrew Burt
$3.99
What does the future of transportation and racing look like? Join the last leg of the 2032 IDITEROC Race of Champions from Frisco to Denver. Sometimes it's about the journey, not the destination. Then again, sometimes it's not...
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