Author Archives: James Ashman
But I liked DOS
I’m reading an article on Ars Technica about Star Trek:TNG’s PADD is a predecessor of sorts to the Apple iPad. Rather than comment on any of the controversy that could be ignited between Apple/Mac and PC/Whatever else/etc. fans, there is … Continue reading
Millions of books
Great post over on the Google books blog. Take a gander at how they reached that number, and then recall a point I made before: you can read around 3000 books in your life if you read 1 a week. … Continue reading
Abstracts
I’ve been thinking about abstract ideas and concepts. Abstract ideas are hard to grasp. But it’s amazing how even ideas we comprehend well are unrealistic until experienced. You know being in a car crash is terrible, but do you understand … Continue reading
Droid X is an interesting device
Not much in the way of writing updates, but I’ve been spending a good portion of time with a new Droid X by Motorola, and am now on Verizon. I’m probably going to be paying AT&T an early termination fee, … Continue reading
Excerpt from TLP, Discovering the King’s Problem
Not much to add lately, but I was thinking of another excerpt. It’s the beginning of one of the major plots in Together with Silver. It plays a good sized part in book one, almost none in book two, and … Continue reading