Interesting Authors Blog

Have You Hugged Your GMO Wolf Today?

Humans have been modifying biological entities since they first started to raise crops and tend animals. If you doubt that simply look down and pet your four legged best friend. Yes, via trial and error man selectively bred wolf until he got the dog he wanted. He genetically modified the…

Roland HughesJanuary 15, 2017October 7, 2017

Experience Stories Technology

Be Thankful for Your Obscurity

Featured image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Admittedly “Be Thankful for Your Obscurity” might be a bit confusing, not because of the writing, but because of the timing. I’m writing it Thanksgiving weekend 2016 but it will not appear on the blog until after the New Year. Another thing which…

Roland HughesJanuary 15, 2017February 10, 2021

Experience Technology Thank You Sir May I Have Another

It’s Time to Ban Diesel on American Highways

It must be clear to just about everyone that diesel vehicles cannot be made compliant with new emissions regulations. Agricultural and heavy industry off-road use still has a need for it simply because of the size of the required equipment and the limited number of hours such equipment runs each…

Roland HughesJanuary 13, 2017October 7, 2017

Technology

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