ome time back, I wrote a Going Paperless post called “Creating a Digital Version of Your House” in which I described how I use tools like Skitch and Penultimate to capture floor plans and measurements around the house that might be useful to have when I am away–say at the hardware store. While I was…
t just occurred to me that I haven’t posted here in a couple of days, which is unusual. I didn’t want anyone to worry. I’ve just been extremely busy with the day job. Today is supposed to be a Going Paperless post, but I’ve pushed that off until tomorrow. There’s just too much other stuff…
don’t know how it is for others, but this is how it is for me: a little while ago, I was sitting out on the steps in front of my house with the warm afternoon sun on my face and beer in my hand. I’d just cracked open the beer, and was looking out at…
haven’t posted a list of books I’ve received for review consideration since before my Internet vacation. In order to bring things up-to-date, here is the list of books I’ve received since the last post. Kitty Rocks the House by Carrie Vaughn (TOR) Virus Thirteen by Josuah Alan Parry (TOR) The Man From Mars: Ray…
am on the record here, and in various other places I imagine1, as saying that I did not like my first experiences reading Stephen King. Before I ever read anything by King, I considered him a horror writer who wrote about crazy wild dogs and evil cars and clowns and you could pretty much guess…
am occasionally asked how I get various kinds of notes and documents into Evernote. Sometimes the questioner simply wants to know the tools I use. Sometimes they are looking for how I capture certain types of information like email messages. Today I thought I’d list some of the ways I get different types of information…
am crunching on a couple of deadlines at the day job, and a couple of more writing-related deadlines as well and I just don’t have time to get this week’s Going Paperless post wrapped up today. I’ll get it online tomorrow. Sorry for the delay, but stay-tuned. It will be up here tomorrow.
esterday, immediately after the Little Man’s first-ever t-ball practice1 we headed over to a nearby lake where we met a group of friends, and flew kites. I think I’d been around people flying kites before, but I can’t ever recall flying one myself. Turns out, I was pretty good at it: I picked up the…
ecently, I reported on how I read 9 books in March, more than any previous month for the last 17 years. 7 of those 9 books were audio books. And I’ve continued that into the month of April. But I doubt that I’ll read 9 books in April for reasons I will explain shortly. Not…
hen I went for my morning walk today, I noticed that spring was finally in bloom here in northern Virginia, despite the fact that it is still pretty cool out. I snapped this picture outside my office building, which I posted on Facebook, but which I thought I’d share here as well: It doesn’t quite feel…