Anybody know anything about the Buffalo Book Fair? Apparently it's on a Friday this year, and in a different location. I can't seem to get the Contact page to work -- anybody have the straight dope?

I don't know if I understand the mentality behind the development of open source software, but I'm sure glad it exists. All of the greenfern work is done on open source (with the exception of the OS). Open Office, GIMP, Firefox, gmail, etc. I have no complaints to date -- you'll have to let us know how it looks.

So it looks like there's a typographers convention in Ye Olde B-Lo this summer: . Now, I'm not really a big fonts guy (I couldn't even make it through that Helvetica documentary), but any event where masters discuss their craft has to be pretty cool, right?

The banner on the website features this guy:





Seems the whole world has gone steampunk.

A fairly slow week in the GF world. Waiting on a few folks to get back to me on various matters, and then we will be ready to rock, and also to roll.

I've started poking around on the tuberwebs for info on grants related to this kind of project. It seems there are people and organizations who have money and want to give it to other people and organizations. <russian accent> What a country! </russian accent>.

I started this estrip account to chronicle adventures in publishing.

Greenfern Magazine will very shortly be available. It's a literary magazine, featuring fiction, personal essays, and columns by Buffalo writers and traditional illustration by artists from our fair city. The concept is to create an opportunity for local amateur word-smiths to publish and for readers interested in the scene to hear what the new voices have to say.

Estrip seemed the natural choice for bloggery on the process, our experiences, etc. It's an exciting endeavor, and I look forward to sharing my journey with you all.