Progress, and a realization

The FTP problem is solved. For reasons known only to itself, the software that runs the backend of my hosting provider decided it would cache the error message. Once I cleared cache, I reset my password and all is happy. This brought about a rather unwelcome realization. It is not the case that there are Read More…

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Of keyboards and things

Yet again life got sufficiently crazy that updating here fell off the radar. Meanwhile, I’ve just returned from buying a new keyboard – the third time I’ve done this in the last year. Why? I spend a lot of time typing, both at home and at work, and I’m kind of fussy about the tools Read More…

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About a page

worth of wordage added today. Hopefully I can improve in this tomorrow and get back into the writing loop. I’m a lot better off when I’m actively producing wordage. It’s something of a pressure valve for me. Besides, this piece is fun. Ah, SFF… where else could you get away with an entire culture that Read More…

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Why Australians would rule the world

If there were more of us. An Aussie woman goes bungee jumping. The cord breaks. She ends up in a crocodile-infested river, with her legs tied together and the trailing cord catching on debris and trying to drag her under. Oh, and rapid current. Her description? “It was quite scary.” This is the attitude that Read More…

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I owe, I owe, so off to work I go

Yes, I’m now officially back to the day job – reminding myself as often as I have to that it’s not that important. No matter what it is, it’s not that important. You see, I’ve got this nasty tendency to take on rather more responsibility than I actually have, which leads to frustration, and the Read More…

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Wacky Wednesday

The good: flying cars are a step closer, although with the ten grand deposit, probably not for Joe Average for a while yet. The bad: an elderly lady in Sydney was dead for 8 years before anyone noticed. The ugly: public opinion is not a jury trial. The people who made the decision did the Read More…

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Mad Science Monday – the Belly Button Ecosystem Edition

Where is the richest source of previously undiscovered species? No, it’s not the Amazon rainforests. It’s not even the water off the Philippines. It’s much closer to home – in your navel. Who knows, given the sheer number of unidentifiable microbes living in there, there could be some nanoscale civilization facing periodic devastation every time Read More…

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Wacky Wednesday – the robot armpit edition

Yes robot armpits. Apparently instead of merely synthesizing the appropriate hormones – which we can detect at levels lower than we’re consciously aware of, and respond to without thought – someone is making a robotic armpit. I don’t know about you, but this gives whole new vistas of terror to the prospect of ending up Read More…

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