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Monday, May 25, 2020
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The site Grammarbook seems to be pretty good. But sites can go down, and there are some exceptions, so...
Joe Haldeman - Forever War
A re-read. I pretty much managed to forget about most of the book, except for the stasis field and the cloning aspect near the end. But it's a good read, military scifi with a twist, and seen by many as the best anti-war novel ever. Dunno about that, but still a good read.
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Batman Begins / The Dark Knight
I'm one of those infidels who claims the original Batman movie was way, way better than the Nolan vehicles. And it's all thanks to Jack.
Writing is hard
For the whole of my life, I've been dreaming about becoming a writer. I never thought I would ever write in first-person present tense. But actually, the longest (if not the best) story I've written so far is in first-person present tense. Scary.
Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Combining PC and Tablet / Tablet as monitor / TV as monitor / Tablet as sketchpad in Teams
Datatalk / Windows 10 / Windows 11 / Multi Monitor.
Use your tablet as an extra screen or input device for your PC, or as a sketchpad for meetings. This post only describes solutions for Windows 10 in combination with an Android tablet, but there are similar options when you're using a Mac and / or an iPad.
Monday, May 18, 2020
Sebastian de Castell - Spellslinger / Shadowblack / Charmcaster / Soulbinder / ...
The first book clearly starts out as a YA, but by the end of book 6 we've partially left YA territory. Young (not so magical) boy mage flees his family and wanders the outlands, accompanied by an drawling Argosi, a squirrel cat, and hunted by all.
But boy, are these good! All 6 of 'm.
Thursday, May 14, 2020
Corona - T Plus 20 - The second wave
Will it happen? I don't know. But, frankly, I'm a little scared.
People appear to assume the worst is over. Yes, the numbers appear to be on the way down, so the government has relaxed the restrictions a bit...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Shortcuts to Windows 10 (and other) settings
Sometimes it's easier to have a shortcut to some Windows 10 option directly from the desktop. Here's a list of all (well, some 😁) options...
Most still work in Windows 11.
Monday, May 11, 2020
Miles Cameron - Masters and Mages - Cold Iron / Dark Forge / Bright Steel
Starts with lots of sword and little sorcery, slowly moves into more sorcery then sword. Then ends in a rush.
Actually not bad, but the author was getting a little tired near the end, and decided to skip book 4.
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
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Monday, May 4, 2020
Michael Chatfield - The Recruitment
Audiobook Review.
Horrible. Yet another book (series) about some Larry Stu figure, kidnapped by aliens, to become yet another soldier, sergeant, captain, general, hero, savior.
Who writes this stuff, and who reads it?
Fastin... Faston... Stekers en kabel voor LED verlichting (Dutch)
Nou zijn er ook de zogenaamde AMP en FASTON klemmen. De FASTIN-FASTON zijn niet perfect (je kunt met een beetje moeite (en geweld) de steker 180 graden draaien, met alle gevolgen vandien) maar voor mijn toepassing zijn ze goed genoog.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Corona - T Plus 7 - Did China know?
It's hard to believe a country like China would deliberately release a disease like this. Frankly, I don't think they did.
But if you are convinced the Chinese government did know, or knew more then they told the world, then that would be easy to prove.