I’m currently rebuilding the website as the old one got totally messed up when i was playing around with things (no idea what happened).
So i thought that while it was a total clusterfuck mess of SQL, i would take the opportunity to give it a whole new life and everything.
So if you go clicking on things you might find that very strange things happen. Don’t moan, i know a lot of things are broken, i’m working on it, it takes time.
I’ve got tons of old posts and pages from three websites that i’m working through and will be gradually posting all the stuff i want to keep on here while fixing all the broken things as i go through, one post, one page, at a time.
On top of doing all that, i will, of course, be continuing to add more new content and my latest posts will always appear directly below.
Or, if you prefer, you can also follow me on Twitter and Pinterest where i put a link to all new posts.
Enjoy
Arsene Lupin, Gentleman Burglar — Maurice Leblanc
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
This book is quite a good find. The mysterious Arsene Lupin is the ultimate rascal as he goes about relieving the rich and famous of France of their valuables: a joy to read about.
As to the typing experience, it’s a rather difficult book to type as it is full of French words and names, but a fun challenge and great typing practice. So i present it to you totally recommended, both as a great read and also great typing practice: what’s not to like?
Maurice’s Page
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PCB: 5t4n5-Macropad-18-3 Rev 1
Some more pcb porn. This time it’s for my new macropad that i’ve just started building.
Because i wanted the whole thing as low profile as i can get it, i had to make separate pcb’s for the switches and the rotary encoders, as i wanted the rotary encoders to sit down inside the board as low as possible . . .
They’re both double sided so i can build the macropads left or right handed by simply turning the boards over. You have to order a minimum of five boards so i’m going to have 4 sets left over so it seemed silly to make them all one sided.
The build pics will be coming whenever i get it finished.
Bye for now.
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The Proof House — K. J. Parker
The trilogy comes to an end, and what an end it was.
It’s been a long journey with all kinds of shenanigans and twists and turns along the way, and i was never really aware of where the story was going and how it was ultimately going to conclude — which is a good thing. So i won’t spoil it for anyone by giving away the ending.
Anyway, in the last book, we left off with all our favourite characters scattering to the four winds, and in this book we soon find them again getting up to their usual shenanigans. Bardas has found himself another war with lots of killing, death and mayhem to get involved in, which, as usual is the centre piece of the story as it drags everyone else in. So there’s plenty of great story telling to keep you rolling along until the end.
For me, this has been a great trilogy that i totally recommend if you enjoy good historical war fighting stuff with a nice dose of magical interference thrown in to stir things up and cause a fair bit of chaos.
K. J.’s Page
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1984 — George Orwell
This is a book that i used for typing practice over at TypeLit.
It’s rather an enjoyable way to read a book, while at the same time being incredibly useful in improving ones typing.
Quite a good read, but so dystopian, and the ending wasn’t what i was hoping for. It does remind me of just how lucky i am to live in a country where we have the freedoms that we do, and how important it is to ensure those freedoms aren’t eroded by anyone. It is up to all of us to ensure that those freedoms are exercised sensibly, with consideration of other sentient beings and, ultimately, that the boundaries of those freedoms are continuously tested and where possible, extended.
So well worth a read or a type for everyone.
Not the easiest of books to type as it has sooooo many capitalised words, uncommon words, and also words that just don’t exist outside of this book: which while adding up to great typing practice, can be really frustrating at times.
George’s Page
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First Law — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A really brief little story concerning a robot that failed to comply with the first law.
Next up is going to be, To Protect.
Isaac’s Page
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The Tercentenary Incident — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories.
Now what if we could replace the president of the USA with a completely identical, fully functioning, robot, one that is governed by the three laws?
Now that would be a huge improvement.
Next up is going to be, First Law.
Isaac’s Page
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Mirror Image — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
Another story like the previous one, where you already know which mathmetician is lying long before the big reveal, but you read it anyway just coz you want to see how the detective comes to the same conclusion.
Mostly it’s just a simple story introducing us to the
Next in the series is The Robots of Dawn.
Isaac’s Page
#scifi #isaacasimov
Let’s Get Together — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collection, The Complete Robot.
A fairly “meh” story. If you can’t guess what’s going on long before you’re told in the story then you’re a bit lacking in something.
But, one has to read the whole of the robot stories so one just has to accept that there’s going to be the odd one that just lacks somewhat and just get on and read it.
Next up is going to be, The Tercentenary Incident.
Isaac’s Page
#scifi #isaacasimov
Robbie — Isaac Asimov
This is in the collections, I, Robot, The Complete Robot and Robot Visions.
Another super good little story wherein we look at the future of childcare in our AI future, a future coming to a town near you.
Also the first story in which Susan Calvin appears, albeit briefly, as a young student.
Next up is going to be, Let’s Get Together.
Isaac’s Page
#scifi #isaacasimov
Vincent Van Gogh
“I am always doing what I can’t do yet in order to learn how to do it.”
Source: Letter to Anthon van Rappard (1885)
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. . .me thinks it’s a good time to re-read Asimov.
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