Google and the Pi
I often remark to my grown up kids (18,19) at the lack of skills with computers in their generation, when I was their age I was playing around in DOS and writing silly little programs in basic, that is the kind of thing that got me into wanting to work with computers. If the PC…
Libraries and bookshops….
I love Fantasy and Science Fiction, at home the collection of books that I have would surpass most libraries and shops but I find myself becoming more and more disenfranchised with libraries and shops because the sections for these types of books are getting smaller and smaller. I know they have to stock according to…
Procrastination and Social Networking
I would love to use a tool to monitor the time I waste looking through social networking websites, Facebook or twitter. I can sit at my machine and seem to do nothing but refresh the page and look at crap….. then I wonder why I get nothing done. I have tried quitting several times but…
Post Apocolyptic
I used to like watching the odd post apocalyptic series or movie, but now it seems they are everywhere. The walking dead the most visible i assume but others are all over. Last night I heard of a series called the last ship that follows survivors of the end of the human race that are…
The Writers Workout – 2 Sell your words
This is advising about getting motivated to sell your writing, no one is going to come to you to ask for it so as a writer you need to be proactive. I don’t have a store of writing to pull on to start doing this, but I am starting the #AStoryAMonth challenge this month so…
Fantasycon 2024
All checked in and in my room for the weekend. I am looking forward to the panels and books. I will be doing a proper post with some more info but just thought I would share this one, went to the lift and noticed above the toilet doors, that there were… toilets 🙂 Off to…
Winter Picture
Just outside the village where I live the town leisure centre sits, I went up there with my camera a week or so ago and took some pictures, this is one of them. Next the the Leisure Centre there is a farm and in the middle of the field there is an old rundown house,…
Social media = Procrastination
I have been thinking for a while now what it would be like to not be on social media, how much more could I get done with my time. But.. I am suffering from the “fear of missing out” how much would I really miss if I took the plunge and deleted the apps from…