Monday various

  • Hmm, now here’s an interesting writing prompt from Neil Gaiman: a story “from the point of view of the invisible cow.”
  • Speaking of stories, apparently there’s a collection of it occurs to me now that I’ve only read about half of his novels — but this is exciting news nonetheless.
  • 97.3% of e-mail is spam. And that’s down from last year’s 98.4%! The question remains, however: how much of that non-spam 2.7% is e-mail you actually want to receive? [via]
  • TV Squad shares the trailer for the new Doctor Who “semi-spin-off,” K9. It’s funny, but to me, the thing that looks least interesting about this trailer is K9 himself. It’s been suggested that not everything in that trailer is final, but I’m not desperately impressed. (Planet of the Dead, on the other hand, wasn’t half bad.)
  • Speaking of Doctor Who, Betty posts that the interview she conducted with Marc Schuster and Tom Powers, the authors of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: The Discerning Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who for issue #4 of Kaleidotrope is now available online. I was really happy with the results of the interview, and I’m glad to see it live on. The color photos — which I couldn’t provide — are a nice touch.