Jun 2007
Starbreaker: Chapters 19 and 20
29 June 2007 at 08:57 PM
Filed in: Writing
Filed in: Writing
OK, chapter 19 of Starbreaker is done. I've also started on chapter 20, which picks off where chapter 19 left off, plotwise.
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Chapter 18 of Starbreaker is done.
Well, that's 18 chapters done, and at least 69 more to go. I'm not too worried; Alexandre Dumas' chapter count for The Count of Monte Cristo broke 100. I think that this weekend I'll do some chapter summaries for the Fiction page, and maybe a sample chapter.
Starting Chapter 18 of Starbreaker
27 June 2007 at 06:34 PM
Filed in: Writing
Filed in: Writing
Well, I've gotten four pages into Chapter 18 of Starbreaker. I had hoped to salvage material from an earlier draft of the story, a chapter called "Polaris Gets an Education", but a review of the material persuaded me that was crap and should be discarded. Read More...
Chapter 17 of Starbreaker
So much for being on a roll. It took me three days (I tend to slack off on weekends) and a rewrite to get Chapter 17 right. Read More...
Chapter 16 of Starbreaker
22 June 2007 at 12:48 PM
Filed in: Writing
Filed in: Writing
Damn, I'm on a fucking roll. I finished Chapter 15 last night, got started on Chapter 16, and now I've finished Chapter 16 on my lunch break. If I can keep this up, I might have a draft finished by the end of the year, to give to Catherine at Christmas. I bet I'll get some truly mind-blowing sex if I can manage it.
Chapter 15 of Starbreaker
21 June 2007 at 06:00 PM
Filed in: Writing
Filed in: Writing
starbreaker.net's iTunes Catalog
So, you want to see what sort of music I've got, eh? I tried using Last.fm's tools for a while, but they're just too damned clunky. Then, I tried exporting playlists from iTunes and parsing them with PHP. Something tells me that if I spend another night tampering with that shit, my wife will fucking kill me.
So, I found a tool called iTunesCatalog that'll do the dirty work for me and upload the results. If you want to see what I've got, click here.
So, I found a tool called iTunesCatalog that'll do the dirty work for me and upload the results. If you want to see what I've got, click here.
Adventures in Home Networking
I probably should have opted to put a bigger hard drive into my MacBook, but at the time I figured that 60GB was plenty. And it probably is, but an 19GB music collection doesn't leave one with much wiggle room. Read More...
Last.fm
I wonder who decided to call a social networking site centered around what people are listening to on their computers "Last.fm", what they were smoking, and where Catherine and I can get some. It must be good stuff.
In the meantime, if you're utterly bored, you can click on the "Now Playing" link and see what I've been listening to lately.
In the meantime, if you're utterly bored, you can click on the "Now Playing" link and see what I've been listening to lately.
Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia
Some vacation photos from my trip with Catherine to Australia in May 2007. Flash player required. Read More...
This is amusing...
16 June 2007 at 04:10 PM
Filed in: Music
Filed in: Music
An amusing concidence concerning the weather and the music I've been blasting. Read more if you care. Read More...
New Story: "Good Enough"
16 June 2007 at 03:55 PM
Filed in: Writing
Filed in: Writing
I've put up the Fiction page and posted a story I wrote this past winter, called "Good Enough". Check out the Fiction page if you care about why I wrote it.
Haven't We Been Through This Before?
In the 60s, uptight American Protestants were wary of voting for John F. Kennedy, because they feared that he would be taking orders from Rome. These days, uptight American Protestants are paranoid about Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney; they fear that he'll be taking orders from Salt Lake City. It's all bullshit. Read More...
Yes, the site looks a bit plain.
15 June 2007 at 02:09 PM
Filed in: Website
Filed in: Website
Penis Enlargement Spam
14 June 2007 at 01:19 AM
Filed in: Opinions
Filed in: Opinions
I don't understand these fucking spammers. They must be thinking that they're bound to find at least one sucker who thinks that there's a pill that one can buy on the net that'll make their cocks bigger -- or their lovers' cocks, since my wife gets as much of this spam as I do. None of this shit works, and let's be honest here: if you're ignorant enough or stupid enough to fall for this spam, then a foot-long cock as thick as my forearm isn't going to help you please the ladies.
"Johnny B. Goode" by Judas Priest
Judas Priest is one of those bands I listen to while wearing headphones. It's not one of my wife's favorite bands, so I don't play their music often. I was playing their Ram it Down album tonight while working on the new site. "Johnny B. Goode" is an old Chuck Berry song, and the original was pretty good. The Judas Priest cover is even better. You can probably find it on iTunes.
Looks like I'll be buying RapidWeaver
I'm a lazy bastard who hand-coded a site and then never lifted a finger to maintain it. I tried iWeb and it isn't good enough for me, so I looked for something better. Click the link if you give a damn. Read More...