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Oh I am Happy with This Bit

Low Muscle Glycogen. Yep, I just completed a chapter which focuses on the endurance demon that ends all races. And wow, is it good. Even if I do say so myself. And I do.

Write what you know? Have you ever bonked before? Why yes I have. And after reading this bit I’m guessing that even if you have never been in the situation where your body literally gives up — while your mind screams “lift that leg, yes, one more time. Now that one, you can do it” — you will feel that pain. That sweet, sweet p...

HackSchooling

Wow, if you have kids or are just interested in being a happy, well-adjusted person yourself than this video is well worth 11 minutes of your time. This young man has the right mindset and a pretty firm grip on reality.

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This weekend, FeetForBrainspassed 200 posts. There are also many, many pages although most of them are now hidden from you guys. I usually leave comments open on blog posts and even on some of the pages that you can access. But it is a rare day when anyone other than me posts a comment on the blog.

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OMG Vellum

OMG

Have you been wrestling with formatting crap in your ebook publication tonight? Guess what, in about 30 minutes I turned my manuscript from a struggle to a dream. Previously, the table of contents was not working. KDP split several front papers including the copyright page and the single line dedication. Word for Mac would not embed fonts so any time there was a font size change the whole thing went wonky. And adding an “About the Author” page was ridiculous.

I can’t recall where I heard ab...

Shopping for Your New Laptop

A cautionary tale. You’ve just gotten a new laptop. It’s crisp, new, brushed aluminum cover and crystal clear monitor MUST remain pristine. Unblemished. B E A utiful!

So you spend an afternoon shopping for protection. You want this baby to shine and last. You take your toddler along with you, little suspecting that he has outlined an evil plot, naming you as his dupe.

Rainbow Candy Keyboard

Yep, you’ll stand out at your next Con, you will. I think all that is missing is rainbow farting unicorns...

Don’t Be Jealous

The next person who tells me to “just keep writing” is going to get a punch in the nose. Okay, maybe that’s a little extreme. Okay, not “maybe,” it is extreme. So don’t worry, I probably won’t punch you if you tell me to keep at what I’m already doing. But here’s the deal, friends. Since setting out on this path last Summer, all official-like, with the intent to make a go of writing as a career, I have written. I have written when I felt sick. I have written when I was tired. I have written,...

Paperback: The Big Red Buckle

The paperback includes Joulupukki short story bonus

This afternoon, when Aral and I returned from our dailies, there was a box on the step. Wow! I sure am excited about the results. I ordered twenty copies of my own book because reasons. The first of which is to send a copy to those who have helped and encouraged me along the way. Second, because I’m at least a little vain and I wanted to see it in print all on its own. And third, because I want to exchange a free read for reviews.

So here is t...

LonCon3 and the Airport of Ultimate Urban Delights

Yep, Heathrow has PRT (that’s Personal Rapid Transit for the uninformed). The system goes by the name ULTra Global PRTand it is a really fine example of people just deciding to get something done and then making it happen. Even better it is a sustainable business model, if you will (you hear that Seattle Monorail?). Oddly enough I found this watching video on alternative wind power projects (alternatives to industrial turbines), but I clicked on through when I realized it wasn’t a test system...

Carrera Solar Atacama?

Solar Team Eindhoven

Yes please! Ok, I do have a problem. That’s the first step, admit you have problem, then you can start looking for a cure? My problem is that if I were to start all over again, get an opportunity to re-live my life, I would make some very different choices.

To start with I would undoubtably make it my business to stick my nose into anything involving solar racing. At the tender age of seventeen, had I known what might be waiting for me if I had gone to school and become a v...

Ugh

Errands done, home sometime this afternoon. It’s dark outside? Stomach flu has decided I’m its next victim. Going to crawl into bed a moan.