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On the Whims of Life

(With apologies to Jeffrey Osborne) It would be fantastic if I could say with complete honesty that I haven’t been blogging because I’ve been busy. It would be one fantastic lie. I’ve really been moping around and complaining a lot … Continue reading

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Finding Ada

My belated Ada Lovelace Day 09 post was a result of a combination of events that left me in a mood which wasn’t conducive to finishing up my post and then posting it. The breakage of my website did not … Continue reading

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Writing Technology: The Sheldon/Tiptree Effect

Throughout my childhood one of my strongest memories is a dark wood bookcase in the living room where my parents collectively housed several hundred books. The topics ranged from texts on psychology to horror novels to romance. For years I … Continue reading

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Ada Lovelace Day

Oh yeah I missed it, thanks to broken site. I will remedy that today, and I hope that dear Ada will forgive me as surely she must have cursed when Babbage’s machine lost a spring or something. Let me grab … Continue reading

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