Too Smart
When cell phones went “smart,” we jumped at the idea of carrying one device instead of several. Our rolodexes, Palm Pilots, paper planners, phones, and even to some degree, laptops have fallen by the wayside as we relish in the Read More…
3D Printing for the Household
If you’re online, you’ve probably heard about the kid down the street using a 3D printer to make figurines for their tabletop RPG campaign or your nephew who sometimes fixes your computer using one for his Warhammer collection. Whether or Read More…
Five Reasons Why Discussion Boards Should Make a Comeback
Ah, discussion boards. Those remnants of the late nineties and early aughts. Often, they were graphically clunky, slow to load, and a strain on whatever web server hosted them, so it’s not surprising they fell to the wayside with the Read More…
Connectivity
Lately, I can’t help but be contemplative about connectivity in a world hell-bent on not connecting… I am old enough to have been a child back when GEnie was getting started back in 1985 as an alternative to CompuServe. Basically Read More…
Where in the World?
I remember the original video game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiago? from back when I was a kid in 1985. I didn’t get to play it in school as our school only had Oregon Trail, but apparently Molli Read More…
Don’t Forget
I keep forgetting something. Seems important. Made this video so I don’t forget!
What am I?
I used to do this posts every month to chat about what I’m reading, watching, playing, or otherwise enjoying and I stopped somewhere along the way. I think life got a bit chaotic, and I didn’t feel like I had Read More…
The Mythos of the Tooth Fairy
Today’s National Tooth Fairy Day. The mythos of the tooth fairy dates back to the 1920’s. A group of healthcare folks wanted to encourage kids to better oral hygiene and used various advertisements and health classes to do so. Part Read More…
Potatoes!
Today is National Potato Day, a day I know my friend and fellow author Jesikah Sundin enjoys. Oddly enough, potatoes are featured frequently in SF/F tales. They outlast apocalypses and feed hungry hobbits. As a child, I developed an allergy Read More…
Chenata Update
If you saw my post several weeks back about my new dragon, Chenata, you saw him in his unfinished state. This past Sunday, I went into Two Birds Tattoo for round two and had him finished up. You all–Suzy is Read More…
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