I’ve written a whole lot of stories in the Science Fiction sub-genre called cyberpunk. This is basically stories in the near future where computer technology is being used and abused by criminals, hackers and outsiders. The genre tends to be pessimistic about the future. Examples start withe Brunner’s Shockwave Rider and goes on to novels […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Book Sales Reversals
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
I read this over at Smashwords: March 22 – If you experienced a reversed sale during the time period of February 18-21, you were one of about 8% of Smashwords authors and publishers affected. These were fraudulent purchases using stolen credit cards. The books were removed from the perpetrator’s account. They reversed several of my […]
Goodbye Pinetop
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Pinetop Perkins, the blues piano player who backed the Muddy Waters Band, died at the age of 97. Pinatop often played near here at the Turning Point Cafe in Piermont, where I saw him. He was a heavy drinker and smoker and lived to be 97, anyway. Pinetop Perkins, Delta Boogie-Woogie Master, Dies at 97 […]
New Estimate for Alien Earths: 2 Billion in Our Galaxy
Monday, March 21, 2011
The new estimate is that there are two earth-like planets with 12 light years. Doing the math says that there would be about 1,200 earth-like worlds within 100 light years. Earth-like worlds are far more common than anyone guessed in the past and they could even be more common if they start finding planets around […]
Happy Birthday Sun House
Monday, March 21, 2011
This very early Blues artist was a major influence on guitarists as diverse as Muddy Waters and Bob Dylan. House himself was greatly influenced by another early Bluesman, “Tampa Red”. House did most of his recordings during the 1930s -’40s. In ’43, he relocated to Rochester, NY, USA, performing locally for the next 20 years. […]
Spring is here
Monday, March 21, 2011
Second day of Spring 2011. Skip sent me a picture of the rock garden in his backyard.
0.00000000006 cents a byte
Monday, March 21, 2011
Hard disk prices are falling. This is the lowest that I’ve seen storage. One TeraByte for $50, free shipping. (use code EXTERNALHDD321). That’s 0.00000000006 cents a byte. I think it is crazy to store too much data on one device so it is better if you get two of these and copy stuff to both […]
Sales at Apple iBookStore
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Smashwords is a good place to sell your books. It gets decent sales – about the same as Kindle – and it also places your books for sale at other eBook sites. So far, I’ve sold my books at B&N and Apple through Smashwords. I just logged into Smashwords and I see that I sold […]