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Faces

When I was eight, I’d race home from school so I could watch a Japanese TV show called The Samurai. It was about a noble Samurai called Shintaro and his lovable but slightly daft side-kick/friend the good ninja.That’s them on the left. Needless to say, I loved them both, and I loved the beauty of […]

Future tech – the ‘Dragonfly’

I discovered the concept of quadcopters this morning via a blog post on my reader. That led me to the video clip below: From there I looked at a couple of other video clips on Youtube until I was lucky enough to stumble on this one: The geek in me is thrilled by both the […]

Watch a real exoskeleton at work!

Sci-fi movie buffs will be familiar with this scene from the movie Aliens 2 where the heroine [yes, a woman] uses an exoskeleton to try to save a child from the baddie. And if aliens are not your cup of tea, how about Iron Man from the Avengers movies? That pretty red suit he wears […]

Canva for ebook covers

Never heard of Canva? Don’t worry, neither had I until this morning. Canva is a [free-ish] online graphics program? facility? that allows us cash-strapped writers to design our own ebook covers. It also allows us to do a lot of other things, but I only needed an ebook cover so that’s what I played with. […]

Grumpy Old Gardening

Originally posted on Facing 50 with humour.:
Here’s a little something for all of you who like Mister Grumpy have been battling with weeds, cutting endless grass and��wishing you owned a low-maintenance patio and a pot of flowers: GOD to ST. FRANCIS GOD: You know all about gardens and nature. What in the world is going…

Chris Medina – What are Words

You may say I’ve been living under a rock for the last few years, but I really had not heard of Chris Medina until today. Now I can’t seem to stop playing his song ‘What are words’. He has a glorious voice, but it’s the lyrics… We all dream of that one person who will […]

Instructions to Infinite Hell

Originally posted on Problems With Infinity:
About a month ago I was having a super power day. ��One of those days where I feel like I can do anything, be anyone, and achieve everything! ��Greatness is just outside my door! Looking around my room at the piles of clothing, dirty dishes, infinite matchless socks, and…

How to link to your story on Wattpad

In my last post about Wattpad, I talked about my failed attempts to link to Innerscape, Part 1, and the workaround I finally discovered. I was not particularly happy with the Wattpad interface, and said so. Since then, Fernanda from Wattpad support replied to my email and explained how to link to my story properly. […]

Dip Happens—What Do We DO When Nothing Seems To Change?

Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Often I blog about things I am going through. Sometimes just writing things down, sketching out a plan of action, recalibrating MY perspective helps a lot. Hey, if nothing else, I have a blog post :D . Lately, I’ve been in what Seth Godin calls���The DIP. In fact,…

Wattpad mark 2

Apologies for those who tried to have a look at Part 1 of Innerscape and found the link didn’t quite work. :( Since that post I’ve discovered that the only way to create a working link in Wattpad is to use their pre-made links to Twitter and/or Facebook. The link below really does work this […]