Hard News by Russell Brown

Those people work so hard for their kids.

Indeed - but since you and David C. are far too modest to do it yourselves, I'll pat you both on the backs too. You're both freelance writers - a precarious lifestyle choice at the best of times - and you've both put enormous time, energy and effort into making sure "their issues were being aired in such a forum" that could have been spent on, well, more lucrative work.

i got my copy autographed!

whu-whoo!

a great night. the speeches were moving, the crowd congenial, and the bidding extremely generous (from my perspective near the back.)

i'm looking forward to reading the memoir.

Yip, the New imacs look very shiny, but I am not sure about the new keyboard thou, flat keys are fine for laptops and occasional use, but for a fully featured desktop I will have to be convinced after a bit of "hands on sampling",

But the wireless one does look super cool...

i'm crossing fingers i get to see the new imac at the apple stand tonight at Unlimited Potential’s Gadgets, Games, and Geeks.
http://www.up.org.nz/gadgets-games-geeks-07/

i'm crossing my toes apple do some cheesy giveaway in return for my business car, it's been good to me so far this week that card of mine.

I'll give you more nuts in exchange for your car.

All the discussions around autism in Public Address have helped me understand it more. I know a couple of people who are at the milder end of the austim spectrum, and it's just helped me understand why they do the things they do - why one girl can barely hold a conversation, but has a deliciously poetic LiveJournal filled with fan fiction and other delights.

Also, OMG - iMac desire! I'm a little wary of the keyboard - it seems like it might not be kind to fingers, but I'd like to give it a go. It makes me wish I had a lovely home office set up so I could justify getting one.

I'll give you more nuts in exchange for your car.

my business car also doubles as a card, so that seems like a good deal lew

The new iMacs do look rather cute, but I was also pleased to see the Mini get an upgrade. Its demise has been rumored for a while, so it is good to see it live on. I am about to buy one and set it up as a little server in a corner of my office...

They also added gigabit ethernet to the airport extreme base station, which is now looking much better as a "cheap n nasty" NAS solution, slave a USB HDD off it, stuff them in the back of a cupboard together and bo-ya.

Reminds me of a fine old album by Bruce Cockburn. The album called Humans from 1980 still sounds great now. And the song 'Rumours of glory - might fit the title of your new site. (T-Bone Burnett has one 'Humans from Earth' as well.)

"You see the extremes
Of what humans can be?
In that distance some tension's born
Energy surging like a storm
You plunge your hand in
And draw it back scorched
Beneath it's shining like
Gold but better
Rumours of glory"

all the best wishes for the new project

Nice work Russell. Coincidentally there was an article in yesterday's Guardian about autism, and it chimes a bit with a lot of what you've said about the condition. Have a read here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2142946,00.html