Holy s---

Check this out -- one of my short stories (F.A.D.D.) is the 6th hit on a Technorati search for blog entries about "short crime fiction" today:

http://beta.technorati.com/search/%22short%20crime%20fiction%22

That's very trippy to me. I wonder if many other people have duplicated that search recently and read that story as a result of that listing.

Google Talk

http://www.google.com/talk/

From their download page: They say talk is cheap. Google thinks it should be free. Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free–anytime, anywhere in the world. Google Talk offers you:

• Choice: Get in touch how and when you want to–over email, IM or a call
  


• Quality: Talk through your computer but hear your friends as if they were in the same room
  


• Convenience: Your Gmail contacts are pre-loaded into Google Talk so inviting or talking to your friends is just a clickaway

I just installed it; it's a nice-looking GUI and apparently handles voice calls too. If anyone else here gets it rolling, add me to your contacts via dlindensmith@gmail.com and IM me to add you to mine.