This weekend I will be at Space CIty Con here in Houston. It’s a new con so not sure how big it will be. Nichelle Nichols will be there, so that’s pretty awesome. Hopefully there’s good traffic and we sell a lot of books. The general themes of this one Read more…
In my neglectful state, I failed to mention my two recent articles over on the GSA site. Last week I had a follow up to my first post about Play-by-Post RPG’s with some Tips and Tricks. Yesterday, my third article came out where I outline ways to play a Force Read more…
Congratulations NASA on the successful landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars. I did not stay up till the wee hours of the morning last night to watch the live feed, though I was seriously tempted. If you’re wondering why this landing is such a big deal, hasn’t NASA but Read more…
Yesterday I hit level 31 in the game of Life, the biggest MMORPG on the planet. Life has a nice steady leveling curve compared to most other games. Reaching the level 31 took about the same amount of time as getting level 5. It’s really the difficulty setting that changes Read more…
As a writer, I’m a fan of copyright. It protects me from people stealing my stories and treating them as their own. However, as a user of the internet. I think copyright and patent laws are to restrictive and byzantine. The resent case between Apple and Samsung brought this subject Read more…
I originally had no interest in seeing “The Amazing Spiderman”. When I heard about it, my first reaction was, “Really?”. Anothe remake so soon after the previous ones seemed excessive. It has only been 5 years since “Spiderman 3”, and 10 years since the first one. That’s not a lot Read more…
Last year I decided to cut the cord and drop my satellite tv service. I also cut the cable tv service I wasn’t using. Now, after 6 months, I’m going back. Why you ask? Not because I decided I wanted too. But because of stupid Comcast. We’ve been having internet Read more…
Finally. Play-offs are coming to college football in 2014. No more of this BCS computer ranking BCS. That always felt so cheap. Now, it’s only going to be 4 teams, and it’s unclear how those 4 teams will be selected. Rumors fly about it involving the conference champions. Which would Read more…
I just finished listening to “Ghost Stories” by Jim Butcher. I started the series a few years ago. Picked up “Storm Front” as a beach read and really enjoyed it. I got into the audio books after about book 5 or 6 based on a friend’s recommendation. I have thoroughly Read more…
As I mentioned last week, I’ve started to watch Dr. Who out of geek peer pressure. Now that I’m actually giving it a chance, I’ve found I really enjoy it. Score one for crowd recommendations. Some of the things that originally made me leery turn out to be the exact Read more…