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February 08, 2012

Oh *dag*! The President is piiiised *off*!

In The Know Panel Analyzes Obama's Furious, Profanity-Filled Rant At...

Recommended Reading: City of Thieves by David Benioff

Thumbnail plot sketch: It's the Nazi siege of Leningrad (aka...

February 07, 2012

"The New Phone" by David Erik Nelson and Fritz Swanson

Fritz and I wrote this story almost ten years ago...

February 05, 2012

"We all like to feel magnanimous"

I'm not a Jesus Person, but this is a loaves-and-fishes...

February 04, 2012

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #436 (published May 28, 2009): "pardon the typography. drunk."

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February 03, 2012

Errol Morris and El Wingador

This link is to a nine minute film by documentarian...

January 27, 2012

This aptly summarizes how I feel about robots and, by extension, humans

Using Robots To Combat Prejudice - Forbes No Robots from...

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #117 (published January 16, 2003) "Now with wings!"

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January 26, 2012

On boomerangs and boomeranging (my final guest blog posts at Man Made DIY)

Hey Mojonauts, My last two guest blog posts are up...

January 23, 2012

What's Dave-o been writing?

Hey Mojonauts, Just a quick heads up. First off, my...

January 22, 2012

Oh Senator Representative Lamar Smith; what SOPA-style security-destroying hijinks are you getting up to *now*?

Senator Lamar Smith, lead sponsor of SOPA (a bill that...

January 20, 2012

Handy Factoids for the Climate-Collapse Deniers in Your Life

2011 Was the 9th Hottest Year On Record - Slashdot...

Oh my; I *LOVE* this!

Just finished watching the original STAR WARS trilogy with my...

January 19, 2012

How-to: Hands-only CPR in about a minute

I've got it on good word from legit medical folk...

Posit: All good writing advice is also good business advice

Ecstatic Days -- Blog Archive -- Things I Know? —Fear...

January 16, 2012

Guest blogging at Man Made DIY is *GOOOOO!!!*

I'm guest blogging all this week at Man Made DIY...

Anti-SOPA, anti-PIPA Roundup

OK, I've had this post-it filling with SOPA/PIPA links for...

January 13, 2012

Get a Kindle copy of Dave-o's Nebula-nominated novella for just $3!

With all-new, original art by Chad Sell, the illustrated ebook...

January 12, 2012

Hey! We've finally jailed a 1%er for doing douchie 1%er stuff!

Don't ever say Detroit never did nothing for ya, America....

January 11, 2012

This puts me in the mind of that one Italian Futurist cookbook

"Soft Guerilla" Recreates Weapons with Harmless, Humorous Materials -- Man...

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER: dave-o guestblogging at Man Made DIY later this month

Just a quick note: I'll be guest blogging about DIY,...

January 06, 2012

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #391 (published July 17, 2008): "We offer a wide array of False Gods!"

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January 05, 2012

Hold up, Ricky Santorum; whose money don't you wanna give to who?

Santorum "black" remark condemned, questioned Here's the quote in question,...

Fightin' foxes discover the glory that is the trampoline

(also a good band name) Foxes Jumping on my Trampoline...

January 02, 2012

Helluva good argument for taking a walk

Don't write this off as facile advice; it's really worth...

December 31, 2011

Be among the few humans to purchase my novella in 2011!

Happy Calendar-Replacement Eve, eBook-loving Mojonauts! In celebration of the Death...

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #380 (published May 1, 2008): "Greasing the palms of Society."

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December 23, 2011

On Sharecropping for Facebook, and Other Forms of Opinion Debt

My latest Time and Money column for the Ann Arbor...

December 21, 2011

My Non-Denominational Gift-Giving Holiday Gift To You!

It's been a basically rad year for DIYing and making...

Is there a reason I wasn't informed that Matisyahu had recorded a dancey-popy Chanukah track?

Seriously, Internet, what up with that? I don't hardly leave...

December 19, 2011

It's *ART*, dammit! Performance art! I'm just *WATCHING SOME ART!!!*

High Up There On the List of Things I Can’t...

Cunning, cunning humans: Japanese grid multiplication

So, in college I knew this guy KC (aka "The...

My 5yo and I finally built a LEGO microscale Millennium Falcon

Using the instructions I posted a few weeks back (Snip,...

December 13, 2011

Non-Denominational Holiday Gift Guide: LEGO for Grown-ups

I'm going to take it as given that if you're...

I hate to keep singing the same song, but that's what happens when the record gets broken

SOPA and PROTECT-IP still seem distressingly popular in Congress. I've...

December 09, 2011

Amazon has sold out of my geeky DIY/craft book . . .

. . . but the publisher, No Starch Press,...

Again, if you haven't hassled your reps about blocking SOPA and PROTECT-IP yet, please do so now

My last two posts notwithstanding, I'm not usually much into...

December 08, 2011

Governance and "Obamacare"; Chess, checkers, and Go

First, apologies: This is gonna go long and crooked. It's...

Listen: Don't Donate Food, Don't Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen, Don't Start a Mitten Drive; GIVE MONEY

I know this sounds heartless, but the simple fact is...

December 07, 2011

'Tis the Season: PayPal shuts down Regretsy's attempt to give needy children gifts; tacitly approves of fundraising for cats

CATS 1, KIDS 0 | Regretsy As you know, we...

This isn't a joke; art is a serious problem, people

I've never really talked about this, but both my...

December 06, 2011

I am a professional "content creator" and I am against SOPA and PROTECT IP

If you, your family, or friends are having trouble groking...

December 05, 2011

A Party Rapper on His Investment Diversification Strategy

I think Jim Cramer's yelly-screamy show is borderline retarded (and...

Make a LEGO Millennium Falcon Ornament

'nuff said; frikkin *RAD!* millennium falcon part list and instructions...

December 03, 2011

If you only watch one parody political ad this pre-presidential primary something season . . .

. . . then . . . um . ....

December 02, 2011

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #398 (published September 4, 2008): "The ONLY online literary magazine."

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December 01, 2011

If you weren't already concerned about Terminators and time travel, now is a good time to start

A real historical curiosity, not some piece of modern steampunk...

FACT: Muppets' "Mahna Mahna" was written for a Swedish/Italian soft-core "documentary"

These are my days, people: Yesterday I spent 4.5 unbroken...

November 30, 2011

FACT: "It's Great to Be ALIVE!"

Kids' safety guide in an age before McGruff. ‘It’s Great...

November 28, 2011

Happy Non-Denominational Gift Buying Season! SAVE 35% ON "Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred"

. . . and get the ebooks (in PDF, mobi,...

November 25, 2011

Poor Mojo's Almanac(k) Classic issue #221 (published April 7, 2005): "[this space not for rent]"

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November 23, 2011

FACT: This dog is *Frikkin AWESOME!*

JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK - YouTube...