Techno-treachery

My struggle with ftp sites

   How simple it should have been: Click on the link, enter the user name and password, log on, download the documents and be on my way. Easy as pie, right? Nope. The link didn’t work and the web page didn’t even exist, so I was informed by a chirpy piece of pop up automation software calling itself Parallels Plesk Panel.

   What in creation is Parallels Plesk Panel? It doesn’t matter. It isn't there to help. Its sole purpose is to remind me that I’ve been kneecapped, again, in a world created by programmers who regularly fail to understand the needs of computer users.

Thirteen Lucky Tips

Crossing the magazine article minefield

   It’s high fashion to put out helpful lists of How To Be a Writer, but will advice like “write, don’t “write,”” or, “fuck every publisher you meet,” butter your turnips?

   Here are 13 lucky tips, based on my experiences writing way too many magazine articles, for surviving your own assignments. I use each one for every piece I write.

   My tips kick in right after you’ve successfully pitched your idea to a magazine editor.