A few days ago it started. A mail from a 'book marketer' called Jane, who sent me this: I came across Bactine a soldier waking up in intergalactic service only to get shipped off to a planet where "sailing will never be the same again" is such a great hook,…
I talked to a physio therapist 'the other day' (yesterday as I write this), about doing stuff to stay in shape. Note that 'round' is also a shape which occurs naturally if you don't stay active, but that is the one shape I don't aspire. He told me that any…
The Night Before Implementation. Twas the night before implementation and all through the house, Not a program was working, not even a browse. The programmers hung by their screens in despair, with hopes that a miracle would soon be there. The users were nestled all snug in their beds, while…
The Second Variety A scary view into the state of the future, from the early 1960s.This reminds me of the potential threat of ai just a bit too much... Philip K. Dick's writing has always appealed to me. His visions of the future are intriguing. This story is a strong…
Are you an indie author too? Do you see also lots of your royalties shrink because of the big boys who pocket your income? After reading an article online (in Dutch - many authors don't see income from books on streaming platforms), where authors report getting as little as 8.5…
We all know them. Library sites, like Goodreads, where we can keep track of what we're reading, what we've read, what we thought of the book, and stalk - I mean follow other people and what they read. Most people only know Goodreads, it seems. And have you ever heard…
Age. I am 66 years of age as I write this. No, not 'old'. Just 'of age'. I'll leave it to other people to be 'old' at 66. Next year I'll retire from the day job in IT. After a bit more than 8 years with Cambrian Technologies. 8 to…
It took me a long time to decide on a spot for 'a blog'. Which probably won't see much life, but that's not the point. I tried messing with static site generators. SSGs. There is one that I actually managed to get to work (Pelican) but it doesn't really do…