The thing that surprises most people when I talk about the future is the death of static media. I mean no more DVDs, no more CDs. I can remember when VHS beat out Betamax. I can remember when CDs made vinyl and tape obsolete almost overnight. I can remember when DVDs replaced VHS during one […]
Wanderings
Resources for Science Fiction: Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction. – Ray Bradbury
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Resolutions
Monday, December 31, 2007
I started writing my New Year’s resolutions. After I listed ten, I went back and found previous year’s blog entries on the subject and I realized that I blogged 7 of the 10 resolutions in previous years. So much for 2008. I will not humiliate myself by listing them again. At least I’ve never resolved […]
Year End Statistics
Friday, December 28, 2007
This blog and CTHREEPO.com in general are getting fewer and fewer hits. Most hits are on the cliche page and the black hole extensions. The blog itself gets 1/5 the hits it was getting this time last year. The RSS feeds still gets 250 hits a day, but I have decided that this is mainly […]
Oldest WWI Vet Dies at 109
Thursday, December 27, 2007
When I was a boy it was not uncommon to see World War I “dough boys” in parades. They looked very old then, however my Grandfather was older, being too old for WWI but not old enough for the Spanish American war. I can also remember seeing headlines where the One of the Last Remaining […]
Honor Harrington
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I have an MP3 format version of a few of David Weber’s Honor Harrington books. Weber is very up front in stating that the character Honor Harrington is somewhat based on Horatio Hornblower. Just as James Kirk is based on Hornblower, the female character Honor Harrington is in the end quite a bit different from […]
AnthologyBuilder
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Here’s an interesting concept. I almost wish that I had thought of it. Send these people your stories and they make them available for anthologies. A person who likes short stories can pick and choose from a bunch of stories and create a customized anthology. I would guess that the anthologies are published through LuLu, […]
By the Throats
Monday, December 24, 2007
“The Holiday Season has us by the throats, again.“A. Bunker
Ollie Watching Christmas Birds
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Ollie was watching the birds at the feeder from the bay window. The presents, the tree, and the ornaments made for a good picture. Click it to see a big version.