Anthology Builder

As I mentioned in my March 9 post, I splurged on Nancy Fulda’s (nancyfulda) new project Anthology Builder. Basically, Ms. Fulda has built a front-end web site which creates an anthology of short stories selected by the user, and feeds that to Lulu.com for fulfillment as a book.

Well, I finished my anthology, Gerrib’s Favorite Authors last night. I have to say that I did a good job picking stories, because I enjoyed the lot of them. Now, I have to admit – not all the authors in the list were personal favorites – some of the stories were selected because I wanted to see samples of the types of stories certain magazines published. But that’s the beauty of the thing – you get to pick up to 300 pages of stories, so it’s a nice way to get a good sampling.

In a related note, Simon Owens, the proprietor of Bloggasm, recently interviewed both the creator of Anthology Builder, Nancy Fulda, as well as a few writers and customers. You can read his interview here.

Earth Hour

So, I hear that the World Wildlife Fund is sponsoring Earth Hour, which is a global campaign to get everybody to turn the lights out for one hour this Saturday. The stated goal is to "raise awareness" of global warming.

Hello, McFly!! Is there anybody in the Free World who is not "aware" of global warming? What rock could you be living under to have not heard of the issue?

"Awareness" or "understanding" is not the problem. People are "aware" of global warming. People "understand" that scientists believe that global warming is caused by man. But understanding something doesn't mean you agree with something. I can understand that a five-year-old wants a cookie before dinner. Doesn't mean that I agree that he needs one or that I will give him one.

Sorry, I'm not into useless feel-good exercises. I'll be the guy with the lights (CFL bulbs, ThankYouVeryMuch) on this Saturday.