A while back, Amazon sent me an invitation to purchase the Echo at some secret time in the future. I said, oh! A new gadget!!! Sign me up! And so, I waited…. and waited… and then shortly before Christmas, my invitation arrived. I 1-clicked and was told my Echo would ... more >
This past week an author who writes young adult books as well as erotic romances posted a Kickstarter weeks after the release of her latest YA novel. The novel failed to have a strong buy-in from retailers and because of that the publisher, Random House, did not invite the author ... more >
“Jamie returned to the priest, handed him two more coins, and asked him why he was smiling.” “I was thinking of all the changes you’re going to have to make, lass,” the priest admitted. “I know it won’t be easy on you, but in time you’ll come to love this ... more >
Books have long been my refuge from the crazy, ugly real world. Now parts of the online reading community are eroding that safe place. 2014 was not a very good year for the reader. Readers were stalked and the stalking was celebrated in a major newspaper. There were dozens of ... more >
I am now the proud possessor of a Kindle Fire Stick and Google’s Chromecast. Both these devices allow you to connect to the respective online media offerings of the vendors and watch them on television and even share/control the viewing with various devices — a smart phone or tablet, for ... more >
I’m back! I’ve been playing with Mongodb which has been loads of fun. I was looking at my webhost to see if that’s something they offer. The answer is no, so I might have to fire up the AWS service and see if I can get going there. There’s stuff ... more >