Amazon ‘follows’? — when did that happen?

Okay, I admit I can be a bit unobservant at times but seriously, when did Amazon make…

Data Solutions Australia — my data for sale

I have just hung up from Data Solutions Australia, a company dedicated to providing mailing list and telemarketing list data to other companies who then use those lists to chase sales.

The making of a Katana — the traditional way

After all the software heavy posts lately, I was ready for something different. This may be a bit too different, but hey, it’s my blog!

This is for all the Japanophiles out there who love katanas and Kill Bill. The video is…

Libraries as publishers?

The Windsor Public Library [in Canada] may be the first [?] library to create paperbacks for Indies, but I suspect it won’t be the last. And I’ll be at the head of the queue when my local library gets a POD machine!

Old companies recycling their business models and making a profit

As a writer, I’m bombarded every day by news stories about the Big Five publishing companies, and how they seem to be incapable of changing with the times and embracing the new world order. Well as a nice change…

This is how handwriting with the iPen will work on the iPad Pro

Handwriting on a tablet… hmmm….what a horrible idea. I know some writers prefer to create using pen, paper and longhand, but I’ve been typing for about 40 years, and I simply can’t write longhand anymore. It’s tiring. My…

A steampunk submarine?

I love all things tech, even weird tech, and the star of Candy Korman’s post today is perhaps the weirdest I’ve ever come across.

‘The Duikboot model was based on the innovative design for a submarine by Antoine Lipkens and built of copper, brass, iron, lead…