What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job.

Nothing stands for content-free corporate bullshit quite like PowerPoint. And that's just scratching the surface.

In general, a little controversy isn't harmful: if anything, it gets people interested.

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives.

People want to buy mp3s but can't? Piracy ensues. Then Apple strong-arms the music studios into the iTunes store and music piracy drops somewhat. The same, I believe, is also happening with ebooks.

I'm a fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberal, and I think fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberalism is an ideological stance that needs defending-if necessary, with a hob-nailed boot-kick to the bollocks of budding totalitarianism.

The chip that functions abnormally will be desoldered, as they say.