I’ve had an automated install for the Awstats package for a while. I cleaned it up today to make it user friendly and made it available for download. It works only for 1and1 linux hosting with the business or developer package. The instructions for doing this by hand are so difficult as to make it […]
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 2010
Martha Hive First Day of Spring
Monday, March 22, 2010
I woke up this morning with a sinus headache and I had to sit through two intense meetings already. The headache is from allergies to the the pollen from trees that are starting to bloom. The good news is that the bees are finding these trees and bringing home lots of pollen and nectar. Here […]
MagCloud POD Magazines
Friday, March 19, 2010
MagCloud (an HP Service) has an interesting alternative to using LuLu or one of the other book publishers. It is a print-on-demand magazine publisher. There are two advantages, as far as I can tell. If you are publishing smaller number of pages with lots of color graphics this would be cheaper than a paperback book. […]
Giveaway #1 Winners
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Michelle (Mush) Moses won The Helmsman by Bill Baldwin. I have a few other books in the series that I will send her. Bryce Lee won Brain Wave by Poul Anderson. Sheila Korman, Jim Shannon, and Gregg Olson will be getting consolation prizes from my collection. Nobody wanted the Piers Anthony book and it is […]
Birthday Present
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This T-Shirt is one of my Birthday Presents from Erica modeled by Fafhrd, our giant Maine Coon Cat. Mom made me a great pineapple upside down cake, which was gone in two days.
Giveaway #2
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
This contest is closed. Science Fiction Giveaway #2 is three great hard SF books. I learned from the last giveaway that my readers want hard SF. The three books below are in excellent condition and are very collectible. Even if you won last time you can put your bid in for one of these books. […]
Once Upon A Time Challenge
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
The Stainless Steel Droppings blog is holding their Once Upon A Time Challenge. For the period of time from March 21st to June 20th you are challenged to read a book that can be classified as a Once Upon A Time book – in this case the kind that fits roughly under one's own personal […]
Verona Town-Wide Garage Sale 4/10/2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Erica saw this on http://newjersey.craigslist.org. It has been a slow and boring winter for garage sales. Soon I will be going to sales on Saturday and Flea Markets on Sundays. One can never have enough crap. Save the Date. April 10, 2010 Verona town-wide yard sale. Get your maps at the High School on Fairview […]