http://hellbox.org/ en-us martin@hellbox.org 2009-12-05T11:24:12-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001634.html Nearly every cover of Lolita has an evocative image of a young girl, or a young girl’s body parts. At first glance this seems natural since Lolita is a book about an evocative young girl. 1 But that’s always... 1634@http://hellbox.org/ Books 2009-12-05T11:24:12-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001625.html This morning I spent some time in my writing studio downtown in the Vain building. I left around 9:30 and headed south on First, headphones on, head down under my umbrella in the rain. I crossed the street westbound... 1625@http://hellbox.org/ Sundry 2009-10-23T12:37:14-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001585.html I came across a post on a random blog that sparked me to write the following comment. Cross-posted there as well. There is a well known trait in psychology that says that the ignorant are not aware of their... 1585@http://hellbox.org/ Design 2009-05-18T18:19:44-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001571.html They say that March goes out like a lamb, but this year March is a biting lamb with steel wool. Of course, I’m in a building downtown with heat behind glass so the weather is abstract. I leave my apartment,... 1571@http://hellbox.org/ Writing 2009-03-31T15:07:13-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001569.html Mr. Kent M Beeson and I have rebooted the Spitball! franchise at a brand new home with a new design and new domain. Come take a look, if you like people talking about writing.... 1569@http://hellbox.org/ Writing 2009-03-24T15:35:37-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001566.html One thing the Kindle iPhone app gets wrong: it justified the type, creating huge gaps in the flow of the text. Do you know any type nerds that would read this? With the spacing between words highlighted. And with the... 1566@http://hellbox.org/ Design 2009-03-04T11:29:20-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001537.html For those who write on the computer, two issues are constant: What’s the latest version of my work? How can I back up my work so that if my computer crashes, I won’t lose it? The answer, if you’re... 1537@http://hellbox.org/ Writing 2008-12-09T17:39:13-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001517.html 1517@http://hellbox.org/ Writing 2008-10-05T18:52:40-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001406.html So a site pops up that asks artists to compete for assignments and then to rate other artists on the assignments to help the original querier pick the best of the lot. There is a no question that this... 1406@http://hellbox.org/ Design 2008-02-21T15:51:27-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001404.html Paul over at the Muriel Awards was kind enough to ask me to write about Jonny Greenwood, since he won the Best Music category. Only, after I wrote and submitted the piece I realized that my comment about Greenwood being... 1404@http://hellbox.org/ Movies 2008-02-20T13:25:27-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001401.html For the second year in a row I’ve had the pleasure of voting in the Muriel Awards. If you’re interested in what twenty online film critics have to say about the crop of 2007, you might be interested in... 1401@http://hellbox.org/ Movies 2008-02-13T20:34:53-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001398.html In 2002 I signed up for a Hotmail account. I’ve had a server with my own domain since 1996, so this was more to explore the interface and poke around. I never gave my address to anybody, because I... 1398@http://hellbox.org/ Sundry 2008-02-07T16:09:03-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001381.html What could be greater than a club where you get a picture of a robot every month sent to you? I can think of no greater thing. Christine has made the Robot of the Month Club and I couldn’t be... 1381@http://hellbox.org/ Design 2007-12-04T15:28:08-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001377.html This week’s Ask An Uptight Seattleite features a letter by me. Although, they edited the funny out. Fair enough — it’s his show, and that’s the way I like it. The editing may have even improved it, although I... 1377@http://hellbox.org/ Sundry 2007-11-14T12:18:07-08:00 http://hellbox.org/archives/001376.html John Scalzi visits the Creation Museum, and files a most excellent report. Christian culture has only recently ramped itself up into being something other than a wan and denatured version of pop culture (this is evidenced in part by the... 1376@http://hellbox.org/ Sundry 2007-11-13T13:51:34-08:00