Interesting Authors Blog

pi-top

You knew it had to happen. The embedded device world i gaga over the Raspberry Pi and the gadgets world is gaga over 3D printers. Enter the pi-top. A some assembly required 3D printable laptop enclosure for the Raspberry Pi. Yes, only boys wanting toys would buy the thing. Typing…

Roland HughesJanuary 13, 2017October 7, 2017

Fiction Surf

Did You Like Forrest Gump?

A few nights ago a friend called to chit chat. Yes, even writers have friends. He got talking about books and movies and eventually he got around to “Forrest Gump.” He talked about how only people old enough to know about some/most of those events would enjoy the humor and…

Roland HughesJanuary 12, 2017October 5, 2017

Experience Fiction Stories

Always Leave an Easter Egg

Easter eggs are a time honored tradition in most of today’s science fiction. This is the hiding in plain sight of something which came from somewhere else. Not an entire script or story line, but rather a nugget of information, a scene or just a few lines. An Easter egg…

Roland HughesJanuary 12, 2017October 5, 2017

Experience Technology

Geothermal

Yes, I got dragged into a discussion on Usenet the other day. Since some of what the poster was spewing gets repeated as gospel but has little to do with actual facts or science, I decided I should discuss it here as well. Burning stuff to produce energy is a…

Roland HughesJanuary 12, 2017October 5, 2017

Experience Stories

Be Sure to Get Perspective

One of the things you learn the hard way in both writing and IT consulting is getting perspective. People want to believe something is true so they push that as the problem to solve. As a writer you may believe passionately in a position or subject which is patently false.…

Roland HughesJanuary 10, 2017July 12, 2026

Publishing

Just How Much Editing?

Oddly enough I kicked the post I had scheduled for now to later in the year because I really wanted to talk about this. The title of the post should explain it all. Just how much editing are you really going to get? This really sounds like some kind…

Roland HughesJanuary 8, 2017October 4, 2017

Finance Thank You Sir May I Have Another

Lottery Ticket Confessions

It’s a new year and people from all walks of life will tell you confession is good for the soul, assuming you have a soul. Let’s start the new year off by owning up to those “lottery tickets” in our trading accounts. You know the ones. Those penny stocks you…

Roland HughesJanuary 1, 2017October 1, 2017