Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Frankenblocks Concept - Part 1

Frankenblocks + Concept

So, I decided to create my own STEM system. Step number one was the decision to adapt and adopt Lego bricks. Step number two was figuring out the concept and sizing.

I got some input from an Internet contact who is a teacher, so I used quite a bit of his insight and input. (He didn't want to be mentioned, but you still deserve the credit, mister X! We'll call you 'Fred' from now on.)

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Shrinking an oversized System Volume Information folder

Windows

After an update, I was suddenly left with a 500 GB hidden folder on drive O: (this is my Drivepool storage machine), and I couldn't figure out the owner.

It turns out, the owner might be anyone, and the folder could have gone 'plus-sized' due to a (partially) failed update.

Monday, April 13, 2026

Amy Tintera - Reboot

Audiobook Review

Love. Life. And zombies.

This is a YA first person present tense audiobook exploring the 'I died and came back as a zombie' trope. Fortunately, it's better than the average wannabe-writer 'Isekai' project.

Friday, April 10, 2026

100% Human Generated Content - My stance on AI

Amazon KDP + Writing

Today I saw a commercial for a tool that would auto-generate complete books. Including all chapters, text, graphics, layout, everything.

It was tailored to non-fiction, but it's rather scary - at least to writers. What will be the next step? Will there be 100% written - and readable - novels in our future?

Will there be any writers left? Probably. But - to level the playing field - I think we should be honest about WHO is creating the work...

Thursday, April 9, 2026

KDP Essentials

Amazon KDP + Writing

My 'to do' list for publishing something on Amazon KDP, including links to sources or sub-posts, whereever relevant.

Read on... or visit the KDP Essentials page...

Monday, April 6, 2026

A.J. Hackwith - Hell's Library 2 & 3 - The Archive of the Unwritten & The God of Lost Words

Audiobook Review

The third and final book of this trilogy. That, by itself, was a bit of a surprise, as these books had all the hallmarks of the start of a long, extensive, giganormous series of books.

But nope. It's a trilogy. (And there's nothing wrong with that.) Perhaps I'm over-conditioned by those endless multi-volume series. I think Hackwith could have gotten away with that, but she chose not to.

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Wallpaper - Within Temptation - The Unforgiving

Wallpaper

Within Temptation's Sharon den Adel has quite the voice, and the band has quite the reputation, but at first I didn't even know this wallpaper was actually an album cover... yet I like it.

Also, I'm a sucker for concept albums, so now I wonder if I can find the associated comics anywhere...

(Click on image to enlarge)