Author Archives: Ian

Week Wrap-up: 26 March 2018 – 01 April 2018

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Ian

Ah, my friends, I do not have an April Fool’s post for you. Instead, a small wrapup of the last week: I started in on learning the Network+ certificate stuff. So far it’s all review, but that’s okay! It’s good … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Ian

I gotta admit, I’m pretty excited these days. Well, as excited as I get. Which is usually about as much as molasses is fast. Still! A nice change from being frozen…molasses? That broke down quickly. Anyway! Some fun stuff coming … Continue reading →

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Refocusing

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Ian

I’ve been unexpectedly away for a couple days. Had a bit of blog-writer’s block, but I think I was also quite stressed. I did something I didn’t really expect to do on Friday: I turned down a job. Now, don’t … Continue reading →

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Leaving Facebook

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Ian

So, uh, this Cambridge Analytica thing, right? I mean, I think we all knew Facebook was being pretty shitty with our data. That data collection in general is used for a lot more than just selling us vacuums and whatnot. … Continue reading →

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The Stories I Tell About Myself

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Ian

“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” — Patrick Rothfuss in The Name of the Wind I’ve … Continue reading →

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Silly Jabberwocky Photopalooza

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Ian

Hello, all you lovely people. While I am trying to blog daily, it is also hella late and I haven’t done any fiction writing either today. So, instead of a bunch of my words I will instead present you with … Continue reading →

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A Roller Coaster, Not a Luge

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Ian

The last few days have been a roller coaster, but at least they haven’t been a luge. Monday was, I think, a post-travel crash. The Rainforest Writer’s Retreat was great, and I’m excited to hopefully do it again next year. … Continue reading →

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JavaScript: It’s Bad! It’s Good! It’s…Both?!?

Posted on March 13, 2018 by Ian

This was an interesting bit of discussion today over on Mastodon about JavaScript. Generally speaking, I fall on the side of less JavaScript is better, mostly because my laptop is underpowered and JavaScript websites get real resource-intensive real fast. Especially … Continue reading →

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Post-Rainforest Haiku

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Ian

Back from Rainforest Cockroaches are nightmare beings Time to fucking sleep.

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Grinding Gears

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Ian

So a very notable thing happened on Thursday: I finally finished writing through to the end of the second draft of The Shivering Deeps. Yay, right? It is pretty cool to be done with it, although I’ve noticed that one … Continue reading →

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