I do not need to comment on Illadore and Cooks Source

Everyone else is doing it for me.

The Original post

And the magazine's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/pages/Cooks-Source-Magazine/196994196748

Then John Scalzi:

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/11/04/the-stupidest-thing-an-editor-with-three-decades-of-experience-has-said-about-the-web-today/

BoingBoing got it rolling

I initiated this one with an e-mail to the guy:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/11/cooks_source_masters_new_recip.html

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/11/04/todays-web-justice-d.html

http://gizmodo.com/5681714/attention-the-web-is-not-public-domain

http://gawker.com/5681770/magazine-editor-steals-article-tells-writer-you-should-compensate-me

http://howpublishingreallyworks.com/?p=3450

http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1553538.html

http://www.metafilter.com/97289/A-Tale-of-Two-Tarts

http://www.geekosystem.com/cooks-source-public-domain/

http://www.popehat.com/

http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&cf=all&cf=all&ncl=dUQs79ATIA4htPM4xon0KDXthLSjM

This is not specifically about illadore, but still important

http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/288301.html

Known World handbook now available . . .

We need to order this so we can de-construct it!!!

Bwaaaaa-aaaaa-hhahahah

This is the official announcement

The Known World Handbook is available now!
The perfect SCA gift, just in time for the holidays.
 
Whether you are a newcomer or a peer, the Known World Handbook is THE quintessential, must-have compendium for anyone interested or already taking part in the SCA. This new edition has been reworked from the ground up for the SCA of today. Be among the first to own one! Order TODAY; only $25 per copy!
 
We’re pleased to offer a discount program for group orders too! Order 10 to 19 copies, and the per-copy price drops to $23 per handbook; for quantities of 20 or more, the per-copy price drops to $22. The Known World Handbook is a perfect resource for local groups to have on hand to give out and share with newcomers.
 
To order, visit the SCA Stock Clerk website at https://stockclerk.sca.org/official, mail your order to SCA Stock Clerk, P.O. Box 360789, Milpitas,CA 95036-0789, or fax your order and credit card information to 408-263-0641.

Philosophizing about LJ, facebook and twitter . . .

Why are you here?

No, I don’t mean that in the metaphysical sense. I mean that in the “Why do you read my LiveJournal sense.”

Gradually, as I have been using facebook more and more, I have been posting here less and less. I still read my entire friends list and comment too much. ;) But my Liam-style lists seem to wind up being parceled out an item or two at a time.

LiveJournal has also been a place for me to do a couple of things. One is the Liam-Style post, which is a meme of its ownself,. Another is to start SCA or other discussions. When I start an SCA discussion, I will also sometimes seed one on SCA as well.

I’ll also post news and tidbits about me and others and also philosophize on occasion.

Facebook is where I am posting most of the “breaking” news, like links to articles I write, Polar Plunge requests, short commentaries and links to news articles. Take today, for instance. I did post a series of links to the discussion involving illadore here, but I posted many other things on facebook.

I also use twitter, though not nearly as much. There is a core group of close friends and family who communicate mostly by twitter and for maybe a half-dozen people that is the easiest way for me to get information to and from them. The other reason I use it is for breaking news and sports. I occasionally cover minor league hockey, and it’s the best place to get that info. The newspaper I work at also uses twitter, so I can stay on top of things that way.

In terms of numbers, I have about 640 friends on LJ, 1,100 on facebook and maybe 125 on twitter. I would guess that the vast majority of LJ friends (500+) are SCA-related, with the rest being other fandoms or folks I have run into in various places. The facebook number is much higher, because it also includes people I went to high school with, kids I have taught over the years who are now out of high school, people in the Glens Falls area, newspaper people and the ubiquitous SCA folks. I have almost no locals or non-SCA, real-world friends on LJ. The twitter folks (and I run a personal account and a professional account) are a mixtures of SCA friends and people from the newspaper, sports and brewing industries. (Though the brewing folks are being phased out.)

I have also dabbled in a couple of blogs, neither of which is currently being sustained.

So here's my question: What should I do with LJ? What kinds of things do you want to read about when you come here or expect when it pops up on your friends' list.