What I read this month

Due to an unexpected, and deepening, dive into some very time-consuming but long-overdue manual labour this month, I got precious little reading completed. I am on the cusp of finishing a couple of other books I couldn’t quite squeak in under the wire. But with the 1st of the month arriving in a bit over…

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My rules for Blaugust

I don’t have many self-imposed rules for Blaugust, but to help it from being a total freeform, chaotic mess that I wind up getting lost in and frustrated by, I figured a few proverbial lights along the path would help keep me moving forward. In no particular order: And I think that’s about it. I’ve…

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Time to Linux

A definition of planned obsolescence, per a summary from Wikipedia:“In economics and industrial design, planned obsolescence (also called built-in obsolescence or premature obsolescence) is the concept of policies planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life or a purposely frail design, so that it becomes obsolete after a certain predetermined period of…

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Dear job search sites…

Why do you make it so hard for people to find the one thing they’re looking for? I’m on ZipRecruiter as I write this — perhaps the best known job site these days — looking for jobs under the category “writer”. Now yes, many jobs with that key word have come up in the results,…

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Video piracy is on the rise again

I recently checked out this article that was linked from Mastodon (my sole social media presence) and it’s a pretty quick read, if you’re interested: https://glassalmanac.com/netflix-disney-and-prime-video-are-too-expensive-and-full-of-ads-users-are-turning-back-to-illegal-methods/ Here’s my thing: For decades, I’ve been — and I’m still — not a piracy guy. To me, someone who worked on something and would like to make money…

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What I read this month

Well, I guess the run of getting through plenty of books a month had to come to a halt at some point. Hopefully just a temporary delay. Nothing like actually… y’know… reading to slow down one’s reading rate, as the old saying goes. The audiobooks I’ve been diving into have been proving way more effective…

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Read this book

I came across Amie McNee’s name not long ago, via boosted social media images of her inspirational quotes talking about being brave and bold and free with your art, whatever form that may take. I more recently heard that she had written this book and I put it on hold at the library ASAP. Shortly…

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