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Companions - chapter 4
Finally got chapter 4 of my Companions story written. It's an important chapter, but I don't know if it works. I don't mean that I doubt it, I mean I honestly have no idea... so we'll just get on with...
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Raspberry Pi touch screen. OMG!! I want one!
I have just gotta have one of these for my Raspberry Pi.Get it from Adafruit when it becomes available soon.http://www.adafruit.com/products/1601They'll even email you when it's in if you want.Adafruit...
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NaNoWriMo 2013 ends in a couple of hours
Well, just another couple of hours and NaNoWriMo 2013 ends. My story still has two and a half chapters to go, so I certainly won't be completing it tonight, and I'm okay with that -- disappointed, but...
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seams on the inside or the outside
Am I the only person who wears their underwear and nightwear with the seams on the outside? It seems odd to me that most people wear them with the seams on the inside, next to the skin. Nobody sees...
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Surplus Shed 3-day sale 44% off
Here's something for your inner geek. The Surplus Shed is having a sale for the next 3 days where everything is 44% off. Want some scientific gear that you just can't find elsewhere? They have lots of...
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Bureau of Meteorology report ignored by Murdoch press
What a surprise. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has put out its annual report on the past year's weather and it's conclusion that 2013 was the hottest on record was completely ignored by climate...
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corruption and how to reverse it
Corruption is a real, creeping problem and many of society's standard tools fail to stop its encroachment. It seems to be destroying democracy in many parts of the world. The USA is a case in point,...
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a short video from 1946 on despotism
Last night I set my computer to download on my slow internet connection a number of videos I figured would be interesting. One was a short, informative film on despotism made in 1946 and now stored at...
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Companions - finished first draft
If you want to read my latest story, Companions, then pop over to:http://miriam-english.org/stories/Companions/index.htmlYou have four choices: read it online as a single page read it online as a page...
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Dragon - a short story
Trying to map out a larger story and not doing so well, I tried freeing up my mind by popping out a short story on an entirely different topic. I'm quite happy with it. I hope you enjoy it. It's very...
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Sympathy for Pests - a short story
Here's another short story:Sympathy for PestsLet me know what you think.An aside: If you think the technology being discussed in the story sounds like thorium nuclear reactors, yes, I've been reading a...
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Pet - a short story
Here is yet another science fiction short story:http://miriam-english.org/stories/pet.htmlThis one's about 6 pages long and feels like some of the old science fiction stories I used to love as a...
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text unwrap revistited using sed again
Every now and then I look again at the problem of unwrapping text that has lines within a paragraph broken by a line end, but paragraphs separated by a blank line. Here is an example from the beginning...
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The Meaning of Life - a short story
I've just uploaded another short story:http://miriam-english.org/stories/meaning_of_life.htmlIt really is about the meaning of life. I'm not kidding.I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you...
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chickens and eggs problem
I just came across this old problem:If one and a half chickens lay one and a half eggs in one and a half days, how many eggs do nine chickens lay in nine days? Everywhere I've looked people work it out...
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my website is down for renovation
If you happen to visit my website over the next 4 or 5 days you'll find it is inaccessible. That's because I'm currently shifting to a better service provider.When everything is back up, it will still...
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I've chosen Arvixe to host my pages and email
Why on Earth did I stay so long with GoDaddy? Their settings and configuration pages are a mess, spread over dozens of pages without any standard way of accomplishing anything, and it is extremely...
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request for advice
During September I've decided to illustrate one of my short stories or the first chapter of one of my novels. You can find them all on my stories webpage.If you have a preference for any of my stories...
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how the brain works
I just watched a wonderful talk by Nancy Kanwisher titled "A neural portrait of the mind". (My internet connection is really slow and I can no longer use the TED Talks website since its recent changes...
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happy stories?
Help!Does anybody know of a story (film, book, short story) that is entirely uplifting? That is, one that has no bad people, no trials and tribulations, no obstacles the main character has to overcome...
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