Monthly Archives: January 2012

JT30 Microphone Hit 500 Likes

I have a Facebook page for the JT30 microphone. I post Blues Birthdays and sometimes pictures of my mics. It hit 500 Likes today, which is a big thing for someone as un-social as I am. I don’t know if I make any money from having all of these likes, but I do know that […]

Strange Siting of West Nyack Blogger and Science Fiction Writer

I was Googling my upcoming appearance at the West Nyack Library when I found this blog post. Earthquakes and Panthers (Oh My!). I am quoted – I am a source – odd.

Story Submissions

Last year I decided not to submit anywhere except to “Pro” markets. My story If Wishes… was written in September of 2010 and has spent the entire time since at Pro markets. The first 8 or so all rejected it quickly, but it spent a few months at one venue where they lost it and […]

Siri or Watson?

I’ve been writing a story where I want to talk about the guts of Artificial Intelligence. This has often been thought to be 1) an expert system, or 2) a lexical inference system. The idea that there are two approaches is my own invention. As far as I know, it is not a distinction made […]

Ward’s Trail Cam

My brother Ward has a camera in his backyard set to take pictures of the animals. He got pictures of a fox.

Top 10 Pages on CTHREEPO

www.cthreepo.com has my blog, my cat pages, my book reviews, my star finder database and my Science Fiction essays. Since March I’ve been using HitStats.com to keep my statistics. It does a wonderful job. I used HitStats to list the top 10 most popular web pages on the blog. Here they are along with the […]

Working a little on my library talk

On the 18th I will be giving a short talk on how to self-publish a book. I expect that I need enough material for about an hour, so I though I’d start by telling people a few reasons why they shout NOT self-publish. I am experimenting with Google Documents. This is a Google Presentation and […]

Athens, NY

We found this beautiful Victorian in Athens, NY. It is a nice ride upstate in a very nice little village on the Hudson River. I wish that I had the money to by it. It looks like a good place to retire.