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I love Louis Armstrong but I fear this new version of WordPress may be the death knell for me and, given I’ve been using WordPress since 2004 (version 1.2), I guess I can say it’s been a good run. I have pondered moving away from...
I’ve been back at work for 10 days and today should have been my 100th (working) day in this role. I actually think I’ve managed 65 – so I’ve been off sick a third of the time I have had this job. Which, I have to be honest, is making...
2023 SF, second of its series. OK, now we know some of what's going on. What should we do about it?
Orbiter's Reward By Greg Wickenhofer "Orbiter's Reward" is a very short 2008 science fiction short story by Greg Wickenhofer. It is about a scrap metal business that finds a very helpful robot. • Word count: 513 • Page count: 2 This...
Mom spreads maps over the dining room table. They’re oldish, not ancient, but the home I see in them is not the home I know. They are all of Colorado—mostly cities at the nexus of Rocky Mountains and High Plains, 40, 50, 60 years ago....
A few months ago, I had the pleasure of being the guest of Carl Raymond on his popular podcast, The Gilded Gentleman. Carl started his podcast in 2021, and it is now at an impressive #21 on Apple’s top history podcasts. During the...
Following on from recent recoveries of Maximum Overdrive and Solar Wind, we're adding a very early entry for a title called Tarot, which sadly didn't get particularly far in development. What is present though is a sort of Tir Na Nog /...
I’ve a couple of new water tower zines, available in my Big Cartel shop or at in person events – Glasgow Zine Festival this weekend, news of other events coming soon. Chasse aux Châteaux d’Eau is a 16 page halftone photozine based on...
I have a huge appreciation for the Scheme programming language. I just seem to be unable to get it to stick in my head. This seems like a huge revelation for someone who named their blog after the Scheme textbook, … Continue reading →
Photo by Kevin Martin Jose on Unsplash - Not the city I'm talking aboutA little while ago I watched a five-second clip - an ancient, weathered column. That was all it took to identify the exact place where those images had been filmed. A...
The littlest thing can have a big impact. A pebble in a shoe can create a blister. A single missing symbol can completely change the way software works. But sometimes the littlest thing can have a positive life changing impact.