Woke up to the horror stories of the LA firestorm – let’s use this Sci-Friday to express empathy with some LA Fire Music, a live version of ‘Save Your Tears’ by The Weeknd and Ariana Grande. Seems oddly appropriate given the news we’re getting about loss and grief to thousands of now-homeless people in Los…
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Ran across an interesting ‘He-3 Reactors and the Moon’ discussion and naturally thought of Mike.Sierra.Echo. Let’s talk about clean power, He-3 reactors and the Moon. Futurology time! Yes, I talk about clean power as a plot point in Mike.Sierra.Echo because I’m a fan of any greentech innovation. I want the solarpunk future we were promised…
Meta got roasted like a coffee bean on Friday – reminding us of ‘Titanic steel’ and how authenticity and integrity are everyone’s problem in 2025. But never mind that now. Three days into 2025 and things suck. Internationally, neverending war and nationally, home-grown terror. Locally, Eugene’s new year madness includes police brutality and vehicular manslaughter,…
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Scifi is supposed to be fun, kids – take a look at Space Sheriff Shaider. Chicken Nugget would be one example, but here’s another. This wacky tokusatsu television show ran during the 80s but lives forever in our hearts. Watch the episode below and then we’ll talk more about fun scifi: As Space Sheriff Shaider…
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Welcome to 2025 – let’s take a moment to discuss lessons learned from Smashwords. Drumroll please – final score from Smashwords is …. 353 books! That’s right, I gave away 353 books this month – over double what I gave away last time. Huzzah! Some interesting takeaways from the experience before I move onto the…
Some quick notes out of Sony via Linkedin – Critics don’t kill movies – movies kill movies. The narrative ABOUT a movie is just as important as the narrative OF the movie. Know what that means? It means that you and I – writers / authors / aspiring creatives that we are – need to pay…
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Recent predatory literary trade show experiences bring us back to the idea of ‘predatory creatives.’ For every author looking to strike it rich with their book, there’s three hucksters making bogus claims about influence, promotion, and audience engagement. Let this be a lesson to you. Forget all that for a moment – a first-class emergency…
The news that John Kinsel – one of the last Navajo Code Talkers who died in October – gives us a chance to talk about cybersecurity and unbreakable encryptions. From a technical standpoint, code talkers represented an unbreakable code for enemy communications and it required little or no preparation for operational use. According to AZCentral,…
The influence of Corporate media, and Google will implode unless they can go hug the cactus. That’s my simple message as I prune out YouTube subscriptions, unfollow famous voices, and migrate over to Bluesky. Maybe you have, too. But first, I have a new neighbor. He comes from Greece or Idaho – I haven’t gotten…
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Global Silent Book Club Week (GSBCW) is now complete for 2024 – what did I learn from running a global, virtual event for introverted people like me? Here are some lessons learned and thoughts on future plans. The Amazing Moments First and foremost – preparing for GSBCW forced me to get out of my comfort…
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