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
The Girl and the Moon — Mark Lawrence
And so we’re back in the corridor, at Sweet Mercy, where it all began in the original trilogy.
Once again, i felt that dragging tedious feeling i had with the previous books in this trilogy, except this time it wasn’t due to plodding over the ice. This time it mostly came down to this never ending cat and mouse game with Seus and Eular, both of which aren’t very exciting baddies and don’t exactly get one excited. In fact they just continued to disappoint me with the fact that they keep not dying when that’s all i wanted them to do from about 50% in, just so we could get it all over with.
Ok, i have to admit that i read the whole trilogy all the way through, so it couldn’t have been that bad. But, it definitely could have been a lot better and lot lot lot faster paced.
Anyways, it’s all over now and i can go and read some other more exciting things.
Mark’s Page
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Seymour Papert
“An unknown but certainly significant proportion of the population has almost completely given up on learning. These people seldom, if ever engage in deliberate learning and see themselves as neither competent at it nor likely to enjoy it. The social and personal cost is enormous.
Although negative self-images can be overcome, in the life of an individual they are extremely robust and powerfully self-reinforcing. Deficiency becomes identity: “I can’t learn French, I don’t have an ear for languages;” “I could never be a businessman, I don’t have a head for figures;”…
If people believe firmly enough that they cannot do math, they will usually succeed in preventing themselves from doing whatever they recognize as math. The consequences of such self-sabotage is personal failure, and each failure reinforces the original belief. And such beliefs may be most insidious when held not only by individuals, but by our entire culture.”
Source: Mindstorms (lightly edited for clarity)
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5t4n5-48 Keyboard Typing Progress 49.82 WPM
On day 6 of my 5t4n5-48 adventure i managed to nearly hit 50 wpm . . .
. . . that’s well past my final Lily58 speed.
And 100% accuracy as well. 
This was after i O-ring modded it with two 2.5mm O-rings per keycap. This sounds like a little overkill, but these are Akko Crystal Silver switches which have a very short activation point, and XDA keycaps which are quite deep. Basically, if you want to get the speed out of these switches you need to O-ring each keycap well enough that they just activate reliably and then you want them to return as quick as possible. The other way you can think of it is that every split second that the switch is depressed past its reliable activation point adds up over all the years of typing you will do in your life, ergo, every moment past that reliable activation point is a total waste of your life.
I’ll update next when i improve a bit more.
Bye for now!!!
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5t4n5-48 Keyboard Typing Progress 40 WPM
On day 2 of my 5t4n5-48 adventure i managed to surpass 40 wpm . . .
. . . that’s only 0.99 shy of my final Lily58 speed.
The Force is with this keyboard.
I’ll update next when i pass 45 wpm.
Bye for now!!!
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I Designed and Built My Very Own Custom Keyboard
Unveiling the 5t4n5-48 . . .
I had a few issues with the Lily58 that i didn’t quite get on with. I made the row stagger more pronounced to match my finger length, which really does allow my fingers to relax more. And i added the extra thumb buttons because i wanted dedicated Delete and Enter keys.
Sadly it lowered my speed a little, but that’s only temporary, and as i can relax more on this keyboard i’m sure that it will ultimately give better speed in the end.
There are a few niggles that i’m going to iron out in the Rev-2, but for now i’m really pleased with the improvement over the Lily58.
I’ll keep y’all up to date with my progress.
Bye for now!!!
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Lily58 Keyboard Typing Progress 43.07 WPM
Yesterday was my final day with the Lily58, and my final tally was 43.07 wpm . . .
. . . because i got a new keyboard. Which i’ll show you in my next post.
Bye for now!!!
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Caliban’s War — James S. A. Corey
The second full length novel in “The Expanse” series. And what a novel it is.
The protomolecule has now taken over Venus and while it is now the most watched and analysed thing in the solar system, no one has any idea what is going on beneath Venus’ clouds.
Meanwhile, on Ganymede, a space monster attacks a whole load of UN and Martian marines, and leaves only one alive. Then all hell breaks loose between Earth and Mars and Ganymede gets laid to waste.
And while all this is going on someone is kidnapping children with a rare immune disorder.
And so the stage is set for a super long read.
All our favourite characters from the first series are back, and a few more really good new characters are thrown into the mix.
Super good, great writing, all round awesome sci-fi.
Next up is Gods of Risk.
James’ Page
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Leviathan Wakes — James S. A. Corey
After a few little novellas it’s been a joy to get into some real long distance reading: it’s a rather large book!
Great characters, superbly well written, non stop action, excellent dialogue (both internal and external); i really can’t fault this book.
Do remember to have a little break during this to read The Last Flight of the Cassandra.
And now i have the second huge tome, Caliban’s War, to dive straight into.
James’ Page
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The Last Flight of the Cassandra — James S. A. Corey
This story occurs immediately after Holden makes his announcement that the ice hauler was destroyed and a piece of tech with a Mars stamp on it was discovered.
The Cassandra is flying hand to mouth already and they realise that with the coming price fluctuations they won’t be able to continue flying. So they go off to an asteroid in a last attempt at turning a profit: finding something that could change everything for them.
A good little story that i would suggest reading as soon as the Holden announcement goes out, or, you could wait until the end of Leviathon Wakes and read it then.
James’ Page
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The Butcher of Anderson Station — James S. A. Corey
Another back story for one of the series main characters. This time it’s Fred Johnson’s turn as we look back at the events of Anderson Station and how they shape his future self.
Next book in the series is Leviathon Wakes, and it’s a big, big long one: it might be a while before my next review.
James’ Page
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. . .me thinks it’s a good time to re-read Asimov.
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