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This is where you’ll find raw fiction and little snippets that may never show up anywhere else.
Maybe I’ll collect them into a book of flash fiction some day.
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Malware in Tea Kettles?
This is something most Americans wouldn’t notice. Electric kettles aren’t really, you know, a thing here. But there’s plenty of opportunity for there to be micro-computers in blenders or juicers or coffee-pots. And the idea of this is fascinating.
The Russians are claiming that there are micro-computers hiding inside of electric kettles which leach off of the power supply, find unsecured WiFi, and then become spambots. (The Register) Charlie Stross threw in some good reminders about the availability of the tech. (Trust Me, I’m a Kettle) I suggest following his blog in any case. He’s got some great insights into technological advances.
I was thinking about how this technology could be a positive. You could set up an alternate net for communications and wrap your messages around the powerful government agencies who are trying to destroy your little rebels. Or you could use it to build an inexpensive alternate net for sharing. Or hundreds of little applications that could be hiding everywhere.
It could also be utterly terrifying. The small computers could also be spying on your family, like an old-school bug, but now by connecting to your WiFi and reading your messages. Or, you could create some sort of censoring technology based on this.
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Amanda Palmer: The art of asking | Video on TED.com
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This is probably one of the most terrifying ideas I’ve ever encountered. The utter fearlessness and vulnerability that comes from asking people to support you without the framework of retail stickers or even a hard product. Music, art, blogging, connections that are made and lost in an instant – all of those things are beautiful.
But they are terrible too; in the true sense of the word. The idea of being vulnerable in front of thousands (I am not Amanda F’ing Palmer) shakes me to my core.
I’ve been flamed on-line for having opinions. I’ve been flamed for posting stories – free and clear without even a tip jar.
And at the same time, I have been praised and moved to tears by some of the responses to my work I’ve experienced.
So, I guess the bottom line is whether I’m going to let fear stop me.
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Oh! Hi!
What is this? Who am I? What will you find here?
My name is Kate Ressman. I’m a writer and a bunch of other things, but it’s the writer part that’s important.
This is where I’m starting. My first, very own, blog under my own name. With my own domain and everything.
What you will find here: my research. This may be anything from first person reflections on the Japanese internment to the mythology of djinns. These are things I’m researching for books that may never be published, short stories, or books that *are* published. It may be dull at times, but there might be a gem in here for you to use.
What you won’t find here: me writing about writing, me writing about publishing (beyond “yo, here’s my book”), or writing about agents, or business, or anything having to do with Amazon.
I won’t promise that there won’t be a bit of politics or religion mixed in, but for the most part, this is about knowledge. Expanding my knowledge, passing on interesting tidbits – whether it’s the best way to roast dormouse or the fact that finding djinn mythology is a pain in the rear – is really what this is all about.
Oh, and comments policy. I’m going to start this one off right. Comments will be moderated until I know I can trust you. Spam will be canned. Flamers will be banned. And if you say anything offensive – racist, homophobic, misogynistic, etc? BANNED. There will be no passing go. And your comments will not post up before I see them. This may slow down the commenting here, but I’m not going to let this turn into some den of iniquity with shady characters selling “tasty prawns” in my comments or people being hurtful. I’ve been burned before and I’m not going to let it happen again.
So, there’s that taken care of.
See you on the flip side!
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