Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Now with LaTeX! (Again)
One of the things I have really enjoyed about having my website on a MediaTemple server is the fact that I now have full root access (via SSH), which means I have more control over my own setup. The downside of this is that I'm still learning a lot of the basics of...
Monday Linkfest
* I do so love "XKCD":http://xkcd.com/505/. Webcomics for brainiacs. Nothing better. * Dave Kellett always "brings the laughs":http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/081117.html * These "Noel Collection iPhone...
Photo Shamus
If you haven't seen it already, I have a "photoblog":http://photos.shamuswrites.com. I haven't really pointed at it much, since up until recently I hadn't had a ready supply of photos to post to it and the content was generally pretty stale. Fortunately, my housemate...
Fiction
Benediction
Broken and blistered, We healed our surrogate world, Piece by bloody piece. Overbearing brutes, We forced you to accept us 'Til nothing remained. Reluctant mother, We did the unthinkable; You gave us rebirth. [Originally posted at Ficly]
Arrival
Eifan Craille stands quietly in the ruins of the old town, leaning heavily on his staff. He is tired, weary from his long journey, but he has come too far to rest now. He permits himself several deep breaths. The salty sea air refreshes him, but only a little. He...
Ember
It is the faintest glimmering of a spark. It floats in suspension in a bottle, the field it generates holding it equidistant from the surfaces that enclose it. It is an Ember, and it pulses gently, hungrily. It has memories, of a sort, quantum states that hold the...