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News from the font
I am a firm believer in the theory that there are key events in people's lives, pivotal moments that change everything and send people in new directions. One such moment, for me, was when the police walked into my house and arrested me ( Read more... ) -
Words per moment
I can type at seventy-five words per minute when copying text, despite the fact that I only use my two index fingers to type. According to Wikipedia, bastion of dubious knowledge, I should be at around 27wpm instead. In fact, 75wpm is ranked as "typist" speed.
I'm not sure how fast I type when I'm not copying text, but I'd assume that it's ( Read more... ) -
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With a little help from the wards, he got to his feet and lurched unsteadily into the main street. Somehow the fear of sibling reprisal instilled enough strength in his legs to propel him into a tram car, and then out again when it reached Kip Street. From there it was merely a hop, skip and a stumble to land face-down in front of the domicile ( Read more... ) -
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I thought I'd try keeping people updated with the various things I work on. It'd give me something to update with, certainly.
Jack Finch was a bright young lad who was, at present, flying backwards through the air. This was good, because the rushing air had whipped out the flames that had been consuming his clothes. Yet it was somewhat not good as ( Read more... ) -
"You never smile"
That is what was said to me last night. "You never smile," she said, after waking me up at two in the morning to tell me that she'd broken the toilet and it wouldn't be fixed for days ( Read more... ) -
Adventure!
I hven't updated in a while, what with everything I'd feel comfortable divulging about my life being rather quite boring. What I don't want to talk about is mostly boring too, with a few exceptions ( Read more... ) -
Expanding my répertoire.
Things I have experimented with recently:- Stratagus - A freeware RTS engine. I found the documentation for this to be narrow, obtuse and downright condescending at times. Despite being an engine with which you are to make your own games, the FAQ essentially tells you not to make any. I'm rather miffed that it managed to be restrictive in even ( Read more... )
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Modern sci-fi versus old school sci-fi
Back in the day, British television used to be the home of the grim sci-fi. The grungy sci-fi. Oh, you can knock the flimsy sets and the rubber outfits, but old school British sci-fi would stone cold kill a bitch right in front of you. Just to see if you'd flinch. Blake's 7 was full of delicious moral ambiguity, Quatermass dared suppose that the ( Read more... ) -
On writing.
I have something of a goal these days, in regards to my writing. That goal is money. Admittedly I have always liked money before, and endeavoured to attain it, but now I need it for something more pressing and tangible. So as the need for money has become more urgent, so has the need to write stuff that I can sell for said money ( Read more... ) -
If I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere.
Things are going... well, surprisingly good for me. I have made the analogy, no less than four times so far, that it's like I have a new writer in charge of my life. The old stuff has been written out, forgotten, and a whole new direction picked. It's a good direction! I like it. It's definitely a vast improvement on the old direction, which was a ( Read more... )