Not a Political Post
Early on I decided to generally avoid politics on this site. I do occasionally go on rants about patents and the like, but mostly I use this site to talk about fun or interesting stuff I’ve seen or done. So, …
Author: Arlen
26th Anniversary
Today is Anna and my 26th anniversary. And not a single serious successful murder attempt! Since the 26th anniversary is apparently pictures…
Golf Balls
Our house backs up to a golf course, which is kind of nice, since it means we have an open space that won’t be covered in houses–giving us a nice view of the mountains and Pikes Peak. Well, it would …
Side by Side
I just had a new short story, Side by Side, published in the Every Day Fiction web magazine. They publish a new flash fiction story every day. Flash fiction refers to extremely short short stories. A common definition is 1,000 …
Mask
If you are going to wear a mask, it might as well be a digital mask, right? I got the idea from an on-line video from the owner of a company called Lumen Couture, and ended up ordering the same …
A Dark and Stormy 2020
Okay, so 2020 is a pretty dark and stormy year, but this post is actually about the 2020 Bulwer-Lytton fiction contest. Last year I won in the Fantasy and Horror category. This year I didn’t do quite as well, but …
Steampunk Arcade Cabinet Part 1 – Control Unit
A while ago (longer than I’m willing to admit) We decided to build a steampunk-themed MAME cabinet to play old video games (of Space Invaders/Donkey Kong vintage). We started out by purchasing a busted Arkanoid cabinet (in a snowstorm with …
Counting words in a string in C#
It’s been a while since I’ve done a programming post, but something came up the other day that I thought might be useful. In one of my current projects, I needed to determine the number of words in a string. …
Alternative Formats
Recently I posted about a couple of my short stories that just came out, including Waiting to Sleep in Literary Hatchet #24, and R.I.P. in Ink Stains Anthology #13. At the time, Waiting to Sleep was only available in print …
Waiting to Sleep
My short story Waiting to Sleep just came out in the magazine Literary Hatchet #24. At the moment, only the (free) e-book version is available (although you have to register to download it), but the print version should be out …