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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.
Vitesse X Take a Picture Having loved the heav...
I host services at home, but I don't want to give me ip to the world. A small VPS and haproxy protect me.
The United States has The Economist’s Big Mac Index to measure purchasing power through burgers, but France now has a more culturally appropriate metric. Enter the Baguette Index, a data project that tracks and analyzes the price of the...
I’m 7 sessions into MCing a campaign of the Bakers’ excellent, excellent Under Hollow Hills (or UHH from here on out). In UHH you play as members of a fairy...
Recently, I came across an article suggesting that powerful AI tools could run on the number of watts drawn from the average smartphone battery. Given my interest in these technologies, I thought it deserved some further...
Finally, a great fantasy book! A traditional hero that comes from hardship and overcomes through skill and good reasoning, plus a dash of magic that doesn't overwhelm the overall story. Job well done, Mr. Anthony Ryan! The only complaint...