Exploring What's Outside The Box
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The Craving was written for a science fiction challenge over on Wattpad (Challenge 29 to be precise). The challenge was as follows: Create your own Massive Dynamics (of Fringe fame) and tell the story of what technology you would bring over from the other side to our world and what effect it would have […]
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Last year, the movie The Martian hit theaters nationwide, becoming an instant hit. The movie follows the adventures of space castaway Mark Watney, accidentally left behind on Mars after an aborted mission to Mars. It follows his subsequent challenges as he uses his knowledge of science to survive in a place where no life has been known to survive.The […]
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Flaps are extended. Wheels are down. The throttle is at about 45%. Somewhere up ahead, hidden in the rain and lightning, the airport is looming, waiting to receive the Boeing 737. Then, there it is. The lights from the runway pierce through the darkness. The pilot exhales with a sigh of relief. They’re going to […]
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As of December 19th, I finally completed the first draft of my NaNoWriMo 2015 Novel Backtrace. Together with making 50,000 words by the end of November (a day early, in fact), I’m elated that the first draft is behind me and that all that hard work paid off and the pressure is, well, off. With the […]
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A few years back, about six or so, I participated in the 3-Day Novel Writing Contest. It’s a crazy whirlwind experience that takes place over Labor Day weekend here in the USA. To finish, you have to write, format and print (at least back then) a novel in three days, starting Friday night at midnight, […]
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Maxwell looked at the contraption on the table in front of him. It was about the size of a box of matches although completely smooth on all sides, not unlike a pebble shaped by centuries of a mountain streams. He tentatively reached for it but changed his mind when one of the doctors coughed his […]
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NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. A time for those that love to write to sit down, gather their ideas and punch out a novel in 30 days. 50,000 words. In 30 days. That’s about 1,667 words per day if you want to get to 50K exactly. That can be a couple of hours worth […]
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I’ve been a Netflix subscriber on and off for quite a while now, mostly as a supplement to our satellite TV service. However, earlier this year I realized that we were paying quite a bit for our satellite TV service, even on one of the lower packages and we rarely spent enough time watching the […]
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Growing up during a time when computers like the Commodore 64 and Amiga 500 reigned supreme, I have always had a fondness for the old school games of the 80’s and 90’s, for games produced on limited hardware where the option of adding another gigabyte of memory was not an option. 512K was a lot […]
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Just wanted to take a brief moment to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! Those of you that visit here often are likely the person looking forward to one tech toy or another. Don’t get too sucked into that though…Christmas is about family, friends and faith as well, more than just loading the latest ROM on […]
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