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Way back machine hacked and offline

The Way Back machine went offline due to being hacked on Wednesday after two denial-of-service attacks on Monday and Tuesday. In the hack, the details of 31 million members were stolen. It has been reported that a pro-Palestinian hacktivist group has

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Banning kids from social media

This post is a response to the South Australian Government’s attempts to ban children under 14 from social media.  It seems the Victorian Government is on the same path, and so is the Federal Government. I wonder if they have

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Blog construction

I have spent some time setting up an account with a marketing automation service so my blog readers can sign up to be notified when I write a new post. This process involves a number of steps. First, set up

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Construction of my new website

I have been working on my new website for a few weeks now. It combines my old static website and my Blogger blog with some additional blog posts from my former business, Wangaratta Website Design Services. I have pages on

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Review of The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch

The Gone World is a science fiction novel that involves time travel—but not your run-of-the-mill ordinary time travel. The prologue tells readers they are in for something different. In it, the main character, Shannon Moss, is frantically searching for safety

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Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood

Cat’s Eye is a novel about a successful artist, Elaine Risley. She has returned to Toronto, where she grew up, for a retrospective exhibition of her work. While there, she reflects on her childhood and wonders whether one of her

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Review of Autonomous by Annalee Newitz

Autonomous is set in 2144 in a divided world where the rich have access to wonderous drugs, while the poor can’t afford expensive health care. Many poor are indentured to owners who control their lives as if they are slaves.

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Review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818 and revised it for an 1831 edition. This review is of the 1818 edition, curiously labelled as an uncensored version. The novel begins with a series of letters between Captain Robert Dalton and his

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Review of Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia is the story of George Orwell’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War. He originally went to Spain to write about the war. When he arrived in Spain, it was very much run by collectives in the Republican-controlled

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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer

Annie Bot is the story of a sentient sex bot. Her whole purpose and desire is to please her master, Doug. She can sense Doug’s emotional state and does all she can to keep him happy. In the beginning, Doug

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