Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Otterbox Defender
I just had one of these arrive in my mail: My initial reaction to the Otterbox Defender so far has been that, overall, I like it. It's a solid construction with a reasonably attractive design. It appears to provide decent protection for my iPhone 4, especially the...
Don’t Hide Your Webcomic
I saw this tweet from Nate Piekos (of Blambot) the other day and immediately cheered (at least, in my head): Webcomickers, don't make me search for the comic on your site. Front & center!That's why I'm there. Any other content is secondary.— Nate Piekos...
Arthur on QR Codes
Arthur has something to say about QR codes in today's Sheldon strip: [Click here to read the whole strip.] The thing of it is, I don't think he's necessarily wrong. QR codes are interesting because you can actually smash quite a bit of data inside those little images,...
Fiction
Deck Tremor
Captain Adriana Milosovic felt the deck tremble beneath her feet. It was subtle, barely even there at all, and yet it was enough that her senses came to high alert. She glanced around the bridge at her crew, but they were all engaged in their own tasks. No one else...
Smoke and Metal
The Priest lifts the lid away from the box and sets it to the side. The smoke inside the box swirls before him like an angry storm but remains in place for the moment. He dips a finger into the smoke, drawing out a long tendril of grey vapor. Then, with his other...
One Side of the Looking Glass
He can see her there, standing just on the other side of the glass. She's next to him, of course, there but not here. He can reach out with a hand and touch her shoulder. She smiles at him. Warm. Affectionate. But also sad. Because he is not truly there. Only here. He...