(This is a repost from Facebook - why did I post it there instead of here? I do not know. But it belongs here, so here it is. It's also a faintly ironic read, considering that after I posted it,…
Year: 2020
There’s been some discussion recently on Rush Fanatics - a Facebook group - about Ayn Rand, in part because of a reference to the “meek inheriting the earth.” The phrase comes from “The Fountainhead,” and is in the context of…
I wrote an article a few years back entitled “How I See Rush’s Albums from 10000 Feet,” basically summarizing each studio album in the context of the entire discography. That’s... pretty high level. I wanted to kinda of give myself…
I saw a reference to Donald Trump as the “Divider in Chief” recently, and the comment made me laugh. The context was that of the pandemic and response to it, and how to frame the response: the model most people…
Yesterday I mentioned using Scrivener to write, and I mentioned that I have sort of a graduated process for writing that isn't very efficient. I wanted to actually write down how I write, just to sort of collect what I…
I'm a big fan of Literature and Latte's Scrivener product. If I'm writing "for real," it's typically in Scrivener, although I think my process there could still use a lot of work. (I use a graduated system for writing, which…
Programming can be thought of as something that takes place as part of interacting with a culture - a culture with two very different audiences. One "audience" is the CPU, and the other audience is made of other programmers -…
I converted to a mostly-Apple home office over the past couple of years. I still have different platforms hanging out - I have a Windows laptop for games (which is currently gathering a lot of dust), a few Linux embedded…
What books helped shape your political and moral opinions? A lot has gone into my reading list. Here’s a list of the things I think were most important, with a focus on fiction: Starship Troopers. Often derided as fascist, this…
This is my response to "What does everyone like about Vapor Trails?" To me, Vapor Trails is an amazing album. When I first heard it, it was a revelation: "Rush is back!" -- and I didn't even realize how much…