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The More Things Change …

By ACF | Published: March 4, 2010
The Tower Attendant is tinkering with a new design theme. It might be kept … or not. Elements might be rearranged, folded and spindled … or not. The theme might change to the new WordPress default theme, which has all kinds of cool options with its header image, when it is released in a few [...]
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For the Record

By ACF | Published: February 9, 2010
We got 21 inches of snow on Dec. 19. This past weekend we had a snowfall of 24.8 inches officially, but many areas received 30 or more inches. Big whopper snowstorms are fairly rare here, though not unheard of. Previous ones were in 2003 and 1996. This is the first time since records began that we’ve received two [...]
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VanderMeer in Baltimore

By ACF | Published: November 30, 2009
Writer and editor Jeff VanderMeer held a reading, discussion and signing, entitled “Dead Men Do Talk Back,” at The Book Escape on Light Street in Baltimore yesterday, as part of his current book tour. He was joined by Sandra Ruttan, who read from her novel Lullaby for the Nameless. Jeff read from his new noir [...]
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Balticon 43

By ACF | Published: May 26, 2009
The 43rd annual Balticon science fiction convention was held from May 22 to 25 at Marriott’s Hunt Valley Inn in Hunt Valley, Maryland. Guest of Honor was Charles Stross. Special Guest of Honor was Scott Sigler. Ghost of Honor was Edgar Allan Poe. The event included author and editor panel discussions, readings, podcasting, science briefings, a [...]
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How I Learned to Keep Worrying but Still Tolerate the Internet: Setting Up WordPress for a Self-Hosted Blog

By ACF | Published: April 7, 2009
When I set out to put up this site as a self-hosted blog, I found that basic instructions on how to do so are almost always incomplete. There are gaps in the instructions from several sources that one has to fill in oneself. I thought I’d share the links that helped me, in case they are useful [...]
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