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My mum died

January 14, 2025 No Comments

I have been quiet on this blog because my mum died on the 23rd of December. It was unexpected. A fall, which seemed to do no damage, then a week later she died. With help from my sister, I organised

Review of All Systems Red by Martha Wells

December 9, 2024 No Comments

Books by Martha Wells are consistently mentioned in social media science fiction groups as favourite reads, so I decided to read one of her novels to see what her imagination and writing are like. I chose All Systems Red as it

I will continue blogging

November 29, 2024 No Comments

After some thought, I have decided to continue blogging as I enjoy reading, researching, and writing for each post. Just one post a week once I settle back down (you can sign up to receive notification of a post using

Dancing with myself

November 28, 2024 No Comments

Due to the lack of likes and comments, it would seem either no one is interested in the subjects I blog about, I am a terrible blogger, the only things looking at my posts are bots, or maybe all three

Is Facebook the king of enshittification?

November 27, 2024 No Comments

The Australian Macquarie Dictionary has declared enshittification 2024’s word of the year. The dictionary defines it as: “The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online

Review of War and Peace

November 22, 2024 No Comments

If ever there was an epic novel, War and Peace is that novel. Its 1440 pages cover 1805 to 1813, which encompasses the period leading up to Napoleon’s invasion of Russia to a few years after his ultimate defeat. This

Captcha plugging blocking comments

October 25, 2024 3 Comments

A captcha plugin has prevented visitors from commenting on this blog and my website overall. I just found out about it today when a Facebook friend told me. I don’t know how long it has been a problem. I removed

AI generated image used on TOR book cover

October 24, 2024 No Comments

[This post has been edited] Gizmodo.com says Tor used an AI-generated image on a book cover. In that report, Tor says the image came from a “reputable stock house”. The caption on the image in the article says that it

Way back machine hacked and offline

October 10, 2024 1 Comment

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

Banning kids from social media

September 10, 2024 No Comments

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

Blog construction

August 27, 2024 No Comments

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

Construction of my new website

August 20, 2024 No Comments

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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