There was a time when the reset button wasn’t known to Rob. Reset buttons were a fairly new invention, only appearing within the past 10 years to the select few who could afford them, lived in a country that allowed them, and weren’t afraid to use them. The Synapse company produced the units, under an incredibly long …
What is Jon’s “Short Story A Day?”
List Updated Through #70! For the past month two and a half months I’ve been posting a variety of original stories and poems here. If you aren’t a regular visitor, you probably haven’t noticed them since I haven’t published them to Twitter or any other network. But since we’ve gotten to the 1 month mark …
#29 Leap Day
Jim the Bunny hopped everywhere. He hopped to his rabbit hole at night, he hopped out in the morning, and then hopped around all day. He hopped to his job as a Bunny Knitter, and he hopped to his part-time DJ’ing gigs on the weekend. He hopped repeatedly, rapidly, quickly, furiously, and furriously. The point …
#28 Changes
“Wow, I didn’t see that coming”. That was the line of interior dialog that Martha kept hearing, rolling around her head like a marble trapped in a jar. She hadn’t expected it all to turn out this way. She felt confident that things would have gone differently, but years from now she knew she would …
#27 Monday
It’s Monday again, the work week does start Once more we wish it Friday, with all of our heart But perhaps if we try To revise our view We’ll see it isn’t that hard, to make it through. [SSDay]
Encryption – It’s Not Just For The Paranoid
Recently I purchased a few external hard drives for backup purposes, and the first thing I did with them was to encrypt them using TrueCrypt. When I mention this to people, I generally get a sorta weird look. Sort of a “If you aren’t doing anything illegal [which I’m not, if you care], why do you …
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This is Why You Save Everything Locally!
So earlier this week I was googling something related to SQLite databases, and came across a rather interesting topic on reading them locally using Javascript. At the bottom of the ‘answer’, I found a link to a blog with more information: http://blog.developeronhire.com/create-sqlite-table-insert-into-sqlite-table/ And what did I find when I went there? This: An unhappy message saying …
#26 Flash
It had been 6 months since the day when Mark found the list in an old hoodie he was putting on for the first time that September. It wasn’t too remarkable – just a list of chores for the day, 11 months ago. call insurance agent buy eggs call Kelsey’s school drop off Jo’s car print …
The Bookmarklet Combiner is Awesome – and So Are These Bookmarklets
A bookmarklet is a small piece of javascript code that is run by clicking on a bookmark on your browser’s toolbar. Lots of sites have them, and I use a bunch in my daily life. One thing that’s annoying is the requirement that each has it’s own bookmark on your toolbar – so after 3-4 …
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#25 Road Warrior
He settled into the seat with the drink. “That kinda tastes like chocolate milk”, she said as she glanced over at him. He nodded in reply, and she went back to her papers. He opened up the lid of the laptop and connected the wireless. A few dozen new emails poured into his inbox just …