Machu Picchu Puzzle
A while ago we got a puzzle of Machu Picchu, but it wasn’t very good. The picture was kind of fuzzy and the pieces were thin and bendy and didn’t stick together very well. Still, we did it and moved …
Author: Arlen
Missionary
I have another new story out called Missionary, in On The Premises Magazine. Actually, it came out last week sometime, but I was a bit distracted and missed it :-o. This is my attempt at a first-contact story, where a …
Tubes
A story of mine just came out today in an anthology called The Chorochronos Archives, which is a collection of time-travel and alternate history stories. My story is called Tubes, and it is about the internet and net neutrality, set, …
De-signed
So, Anna went out yesterday, and our Biden/Harris sign was gone. I choose to believe that the wind took it (which seems to have happened to a lot of Biden signs in and around our neighborhood. And, truth be told, …
My MHC 52 Virtual Panels
I mentioned in an earlier post about MHC 52 Virtual that I would post links to my panels once they were up on YouTube. The image on the left is from the Bitcoin panel I did with Cory Doctorow, amongst …
MileHiCon 52 Virtual Follow-up
About a week ago, I put up a post explaining that I was working on MHC 52’s virtual convention (which was held last weekend – Oct. 23-25th). In that post, I said that I would either be talking about our …
MileHiCon 52 Virtual
MileHiCon is the oldest Sci-Fi convention in Colorado, and one of the oldest in the world (The 52 is a bit of a hint there). I’ve been involved with MileHiCon for many years. Most years I am on panels, and …
October Literary Horoscopes
Well, this is pretty cool. A literary magazine called f(r)iction wrote a Halloween-themed article with a reference to a story for each zodiac sign, and they chose my story Side-by-Side for Leo. Why Leo? No clue :-). I’d not heard …
WinForms ProgressBar with Text
I know everyone has been dying for me to do another programming post, so voila – you’re welcome! I was working on a program for scheduling Zoom webinars and meetings (more on that in another post) and even though the …
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, …