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Jun 1, 2015

Open letter to author Ursula K. LeGuin

Most modern readers only know Ursula K. LeGuin for her Earthsea trilogy, but some of us were touched, and forever changed, by her science fiction novel, The Left Hand of Darkness.

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Jun 27, 2015

Gmail for beginners, part 1, Getting Started

As the title suggests, this is the first in a series of step-by-step instructions on how to use the Gmail email application [on the pc]. The series is aimed at people who are very new to computers in general and email in particular.

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 23, 2015

Interlocking furniture design

My Dad was a mechanical engineer, and while I did not inherit any of his math ability, I get the spatial beauty of things that work because physics makes it so. I think even Dad would have loved furniture that slots together with just one key part to hold everything securely…

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Jun 10, 2015

Spear Phishing — a nasty variation of the email scam

I came across an article this evening that talked about a hack attack against Kaspersky Labs, one of the best anti-virus companies around. Coincidentally, I happen use Kaspersky anti-virus software so I had a vested interest in finding…

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 11, 2015

Women Writers of Sci-Fi

We have had some brilliant female authors writing sci-fi — Ursula K LeGuin and C.J.Cherry to name just two — but many of them are unknown to modern generations of readers because their books went out of print.

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 13, 2015

Shame, Gmail, shame!

Gmail has never been my favourite webmail client, but the ‘new’ gmail makes me want to break things. Have a look at the screenshot below:

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Jun 12, 2015

Holus tabletop holographic device — watch the prototype!

I joined a new social media platform today — Tumblr — and under the techology category I found this:

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 28, 2015

Gmail for Beginners, Part 2 — Finding and Reading emails

If you missed Part 1, Getting Started, you can find it here.

Finding your emails

In the past, when you received emails they would all be lumped into one place — the Inbox. From…

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 3, 2015

Microsoft’s Hololens — is it the precursor of the ‘chrono’?

The idea of holograms has been around for a very long time, but the only common usage I am aware of is in those images that display a sort of 3D view when you move the image one way or the other. But that, like exoskeletons, is…

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 21, 2015

SanQing Shan (9) — The Prayer

I was gobsmacked by this photo! And it’s real.

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 20, 2015

Over 97% of homicides in America aren’t committed in self-defense

In the light of the latest US gun tragedy, these statistics are even more horrifying than they might normally be. Apparently the ‘right to bear arms’ is in fact a right to slaughter the helpless.

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Jun 19, 2015

A very clever sci-fi short film

J.T.Carlton is a multi-talented singer, composer and writer who produced the music and sound for this short film. It’s scary and very clever.

A.C. Flory in Tikh Tokh

Jun 4, 2015

Are you just tapping your pocket, or are you happy to see me?

Google and Levi Strauss are partnering up to produce a fabric that will bring wearable computing [?] out of the realm of sci-fi and into the realm of everyday life.

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Jun 6, 2015

Why is my Wordpress Reader full of blogs I don’t follow?

I’ve just done a quick check of my Reader and there are hardly any posts on it from blogs I follow. Why? Are my friends not posting? Is Wordpress filling in empty space with randoms?

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Jun 8, 2015

An Introvert’s Reveal, Humor-Free

As an introvert myself, I know exactly what Carrie is talking about. It’s more horrible than most readers will ever know. But promotion is necessary if readers are to learn about good books, and Eating Bull is a good book. How do I know? Because Carrie is a good…

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Jun 18, 2015

Laurie Boris — In the Name of Love

Laurie Boris should need no introduction, not on this blog, but for those few who haven’t heard me rave about her writing, you can find my reviews here, here and here.

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These were the top 16 stories published by Tikh Tokh in June of 2015. You can also dive into daily archives for June of 2015 by using the calendar at the top of this page.

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