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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?
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...
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....
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...
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.