http://christopherwalters.com Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:55:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Publishers are starting to play with variable pricing on the Amazon Kindle ebook store. Translation: they're jacking up prices in some cases to nearly the same level as physical copies. I noticed this at the same time I came across a reactionary, blinders-on comment from someone who claims to work in ... http://christopherwalters.com/analysis-ebook-price-creep-lazy-publishers-and-the-amazon-kindle Everyone loves to know my opinion about horror movies! They must, or else I wouldn't feel so compelled to write them down and share them. Here's my take on one of the grimmest Clive Barker adaptations to come along in 20 years. It's definitely not for everyone, and that's why I ... http://christopherwalters.com/my-review-of-the-midnight-meat-train-is-up-on-monkeyskull I abandoned my beloved N82 camera phone last week and tried out the G1 from T-Mobile and HTC. The G1 is the first phone to run Google's open-source phone operating system, Android, and it holds a lot of promise. The phone, however, does not. Here's my review on thenokiablog.com, and something ... http://christopherwalters.com/on-the-nokia-blog-my-adventures-with-the-g1-android-phone I've decided to collect any consumer-related ramblings on a mini-blog at consumerchris.posterous.com, which is a better place than mixed in with my professional announcements here on this website. At consumerchris.posterous.com, you can read pretty much the same sort of drivel I used to post at Consumerist when I was Associate Editor ... http://christopherwalters.com/read-my-consumer-related-posts-at-posterous Books about poor children are a proven staple of kid fiction. Here are some new ideas I came up with for potential titles. I had so much fun writing this post, so it's disappointing that Consumerist readers ignored it in droves. They are not the most humor-loving bunch, let me tell ... http://christopherwalters.com/new-ideas-for-kids-poverty-books My blog of the abnormal, Monkeyskull, is coming along in fits and starts. I've had trouble figuring out the right tone for it. Is it a blog for horror writers? No; I don't really want to enable that community. Is it for snobby horror movie lovers? Is that even a group? ... http://christopherwalters.com/monkeyskull-delivers-your-creepy-and-gross-fix Here's a sketch for an aborted Consumerist idea--I wanted to show the semi-secret (or at least unpublicized) connection behind all the seemingly competitive and separate eyeware companies in the U.S. Surprisingly, they're all owned by a single Italian company. The idea for this came from my optometrist, actually. I got my ... http://christopherwalters.com/all-your-eyewares-belong-to-us-us-being-luxottica-2 So we've decided that Consumerist needs a little USA Today-style jazz hands. (I'd prefer to say we're going to Tufte it up, but, I think I should be honest about my graphic skills and admit my position in life—there's more dignity in honesty.) Here's my first ever 100% Original chart ... http://christopherwalters.com/fun-new-projects-charts-graphs Man, I love free business card offers. It's like crack to people like me who are addicted to Internet-enabled craft techniques. Here's my latest. I just ordered 100 of these from Overnight Prints because they sent me a $10 off coupon. Hooray! The problem with being a writer and having a ... http://christopherwalters.com/new-business-cards No more guest stinting! The Consumerist liked me, and I liked The Consumerist, so we're getting married! Or at least moving in together to see how things work out. Beginning today, I'll be delivering my largely ill-informed opinion on all things consumer-worthy dozens of times each week. Why not visit The ... http://christopherwalters.com/ive-joined-the-consumerist