Hacker News
- A moment of financial clarification (2013) https://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/01/25/a-quick-moment-of-financial-clarification/ 27 comments
- GeForce Now: A Review https://whatever.scalzi.com/2022/08/24/geforce-now-a-review/ 193 comments
- Being Poor (2005) https://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/ 216 comments
- Yog’s Law and Self-Publishing https://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/06/20/yogs-law-and-self-publishing/ 6 comments
- My 300 Mile Lyft Ride From Chicago to Bradford https://whatever.scalzi.com/2019/07/23/my-300-mile-lyft-ride-from-chicago-to-bradford 186 comments
- Shut Up and Listen http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/09/06/shut-up-and-listen/ 111 comments
- A Self-Made Man Looks At How He Made It http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/07/23/a-self-made-man-looks-at-how-he-made-it/ 137 comments
- Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/ 15 comments
- How to Know If You’re Cheating http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/06/08/how-to-know-if-youre-cheating/ 2 comments
- Facebook is what happens to the Web when you hit it with the stupid stick http://whatever.scalzi.com/2011/01/19/and-now-for-no-particular-reason-a-rant-about-facebook/ 107 comments
- Being Poor by John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/ 218 comments
- The Problem With 1,000 True Fans http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/03/12/the-nagging-details-about-1000-true-fans/ 6 comments
Lobsters
- The Kitten Setting (2013) http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/01/21/the-kitten-setting/ 8 comments culture
- John Scalzi’s Non-Trad Published Gift List https://whatever.scalzi.com/2018/12/04/whatever-holiday-gift-guide-2018-day-two-non-traditionally-published-books/ 4 comments books
- A vote for Trump was a vote for racism. It was part of the package. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2016/11/10/the-cinemax-theory-of-racism/ 85 comments politics
- The Cinemax Theory of Racism http://whatever.scalzi.com/2016/11/10/the-cinemax-theory-of-racism/ 5 comments politics
- Asus Chromebook Flip First Impressions by Author John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/07/23/first-impressions-asus-chromebook-flip/ 10 comments chromeos
- Elizabeth Bear talks about Karen Memory http://whatever.scalzi.com/2015/02/03/the-big-idea-elizabeth-bear-3/ 9 comments books
- Amazon Gets Increasingly Nervous http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/08/09/amazon-gets-increasingly-nervous/ 18 comments books
- John Scalzi: To The Dudebro Who Thinks He’s Insulting Me by Calling Me a Feminist http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/08/26/to-the-dudebro-who-thinks-hes-insulting-me-by-calling-me-a-feminist/ 3 comments politics
- Author John Scalzi's thoughts on having his book come out the same day as the new Dan Brown novel http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/05/14/reminder-on-getting-signed-human-divisions-thoughts-on-dan-brown/ 41 comments books
- John Scalzi on punting the Windows 8 start screen http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/01/16/punting-the-start-screen/ 173 comments technology
- Jay Lake v. PayPal: "Yet I cannot help wondering how this would have gone without my own social media footprint and widespread network of friends and fans. Would I be looking at weeks of paperwork and a continually frozen account, as my friend has experienced?" http://whatever.scalzi.com/2013/01/12/jay-lake-v-paypal/ 4 comments technology
- "Every time you say 'I oppose a woman's right to abortion, even in cases of rape,' what you're also saying is 'I believe that a man who rapes a woman has more of a right to control a woman's body and life than that woman does.'" http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/ 2643 comments politics
- "Every time you say 'I oppose a woman's right to abortion, even in cases of rape,' what you're also saying is 'I believe that a man who rapes a woman has more of a right to control a woman's body and life than that woman does.'" http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/ 5 comments politics
- A Fan Letter to Certain Conservative Politicians – From a Rapist http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/ 3 comments politics
- Romney blew up his chance to be president this week: He showed, manifestly, that he’s indeed capable of making horrible, awful, very bad, no good, terrible choices http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/09/14/you-never-go-full-mccain/ 4 comments politics
- A self-made millionaire examines how he got to where he is and who helped him get there http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/07/23/a-self-made-man-looks-at-how-he-made-it/ 3 comments politics
- Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/ 11 comments philosophy
- Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/ 3 comments politics
- A Doctor on Transvaginal Ultrasounds http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/03/20/guest-post-a-doctor-on-transvaginal-ultrasounds/ 4 comments politics
- The greatest review of Atlas Shrugged of our times. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/10/01/what-i-think-about-atlas-shrugged/ 15 comments politics
- Being poor is crying when you drop the mac and cheese on the floor. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2005/09/03/being-poor/ 11 comments politics
- Postmodernism in Fantasy: An Essay by Brandon Sanderson on Scalzi's blog http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/09/12/postmodernism-in-fantasy-an-essay-by-brandon-sanderson/ 3 comments books
- Why does an agnostic keep a Bible handy? Because Jesus had some smart things to say. http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/05/07/thing-i-did-today-some-might-think-out-of-character-but-isnt/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Stupid Ideas Are Still Stupid Even When Amazon Does Them http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/28/stupid-ideas-are-still-stupid-even-when-amazon-does-them/ 3 comments reddit.com
- What Obama is Doing With FOX News: political judo http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/27/what-obamas-doing-with-fox-news/ 4 comments politics
- Scalzi: "Obama’s off to a bad start? Really? Dude gets the most sweeping social engineering legislation of the last half century passed three weeks into his administration, despite major opposition, all the while maintaining high popularity, and he’s off to a bad start?" http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/02/16/oh-noes-hes-talking-politics-again/ 4 comments politics
- Publishing Asks Why It Is In a Rapidly Descending Handbasket - John Scalzi on the publishing shake-ups http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/12/04/publishing-asks-why-it-is-in-a-rapidly-descending-handbasket/ 4 comments books
- Trade Columbus Day for a National Election Day Off? I sure as hell would! http://whatever.scalzi.com/2008/10/13/oh-wait/ 42 comments reddit.com
Linking pages
- The Collapsing Empire is a hilarious tale of humanity’s impending doom | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2017/03/the-collapsing-empire-is-rip-roaring-space-opera-with-a-conscience/ 727 comments
- Row blows up over ownership of 'space marine' term - BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21380003 54 comments
- Sci-fi author John Scalzi on the future of publishing: ‘I aspire to be a cockroach’ - The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/22/14934064/john-scalzi-the-collapsing-empire-old-mans-war-interview 41 comments
- John Scalzi, Science Fiction Writer, Signs $3.4 Million Deal for 13 Books - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/business/media/science-fiction-writer-signs-a-3-4-million-deal.html?amp%3B_r=2&ref=books 35 comments
- Ye Olde Blogroll - Blogroll.org https://blogroll.org/ 1 comment
- 100 Geeks You Should Be Following On Twitter | WIRED http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/05/100-geeks-you-should-be-following-on-twitter/ 0 comments
- Author’s Stolen Photo Creates False Cancer Impression - California Globe https://californiaglobe.com/media/authors-stolen-photo-creates-false-cancer-impression/ 0 comments
- Thoughts and Prayers | Whatever https://whatever.scalzi.com/2016/06/12/thoughts-and-prayers/ 0 comments
- Amazon, Its Friends and Critics - The New York Times http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/15/amazon-its-friends-and-critics/ 0 comments
- Clarion 2012: Every Brilliant Piece of Writing Advice* | Sam J. Miller http://samjmiller.com/2012/08/14/clarion-2012-every-brilliant-piece-of-writing-advice/ 0 comments