FFXIV and the #Heavensward expansion — too much stick and not enough carrot?

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FFXIV, Steps of Faith — Summoner

Steps of Faith is the final trial in FFXIV, version 2.X. It came out in early 2015 and was obviously designed to be the Grand Finale for this part of the storyline. As such, it was hellishly hard, especially for those just wanting to finish the story so they could play…

Flash Fiction Smashing Pumpkins Edition

This is what a great short story is all about — a world of experience, of life, encapsulated in a few thousand words. It has it all — story arc, plot, characterization, climax and a twist at the end. And because we can relate to the /character/, our…

Sci-fi…and predicting the future

Self-Publishing with B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree Laurie Boris

Laurie Boris should be no stranger to anyone who reads Meeka’s Mind, but for my new friends, Laurie is the editor of Vokhtah. She is also the writer I’d like to be if I didn’t like sci-fi so much. In a word, she’s brilliant…

#Apple and climate change

“Apple announced Thursday that its China operations are now 100 percent powered by renewable energy, leaving it carbon neutral in the country. That brings them in line with its U.S. operations, which are likewise run off 100 percent renewable energy.

Fire season 2015, Warrandyte — it begins

The authorities have not yet declared fire season open for 2015, but the weather is thumbing its nose at our attempts to tame it with calendars and calculations.

New from the #PianoGuys — brilliant!

If memory serves, a blogger friend called Metan first introduced me to The Piano Guys — a serious-looking man with a grand piano and a cheeky faced musician with a cello. But behind the fun video clips was, and is, a team of fearless, indie video production people…

Flowering #cactus — anyone know its name?

There’s a story behind this ugly-duckling beauty. Back when I was a kid, this cactus…

Wordpress Reader and the invisible Blogs

Okay, this post is going to start with a question: why is my Wordpress Reader filled with just 7 bloggers?

I know this can’t be some kind of weird timezone difference because Saturday morning here is still Friday in the Northern…