Author: Roland Hughes

Roland Hughes is the president of Logikal Solutions, a business applications consulting firm specializing in OpenVMS platforms and Qt on Linux. Hughes serves as a lead consultant with over two decades of experience using computers and operating systems. With a degree in Computer Information Systems, the author's experience is focused on systems across a variety of diverse industries including heavy equipment manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, stock exchanges, tax accounting, and hardware value-added resellers, to name a few. Working throughout these industries has strengthened the author's unique skill set and given him a broad perspective on the role and value of technology in industry.

Experience Society

So What Are We Going to Call What’s Left of the Country Formerly Known as Russia?

Despots in Russia appear to be engaging in one last fling before they are wiped from history. This has been coming for a very long while. Putin and the Oligarchs have been clinging to power via threats, assassinations, radiation poisoning, and declaring all opposition parties terrorists for the past decade.…

Roland HughesFebruary 6, 2022February 6, 2022

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It’s Deja Vu All Over Again!

It was hilarious watching the Greg Abbott news conference on ABC 7 news. “Fully prepared for the power to stay on.” We’ve been hearing all year how Texas Republicans were too busy cashing lobbyist checks, drinking their booze and eating their food to actually do any work. Oh, and continually…

Roland HughesFebruary 4, 2022February 4, 2022

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Ruins on Stone Hill by F.P. Spirit

Heroes of Ravenford Book 1 Fantasy What do you get when you mix a novice wizard, a reckless warrior, a sharp-tongued thief, & a saintly cleric? Swords, sorcery, & sarcasm. They didn’t set out to be heroes, but the little town of Ravenford was in desperate need. Before Glolindir…

Roland HughesFebruary 2, 2022

Reviews

Review – The Catcher Was a Spy

★★★☆☆ The Catcher Was a Spy was an enjoyable movie and it tried to not over tell the “gay” part of the story, but that part got a bit tiring. I guess what I’m sick and tired of is every studio and content creation company trying to shove LGBQTI (did…

Roland HughesFebruary 2, 2022February 2, 2022

Reviews

Review – Bleeding Steel

★★★☆☆ Bleeding Steel is both an enjoyable movie and a frustrating one. I know it is an American thing, but I hate it when movies try to straddle English and subtitles. A big part of this movie is in English then it jumps to Mandarin and subtitles. This isn’t a…

Roland HughesJanuary 30, 2022January 30, 2022

Reviews

Review – The Padre

★★★★☆ Nick Nolte just doesn’t get respect from critics. The Padre is an excellent film! I will admit I had my doubts when I put it on the list, but it delivered! this movie even has a Rewatchable Factor. I might own a copy when it hits the discount bins.…

Roland HughesJanuary 30, 2022January 30, 2022

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Review – God of War

★★★★☆ God of War will change your opinion of movies with subtitles. It did mine. The action is top notch. You can even read enough of the subtitles to follow the story. This story plays well in America where we like an underdog. It’s the classic “train something out of…

Roland HughesJanuary 30, 2022January 30, 2022