As snurched from Keith: Music meme: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. “Fugitive Motel,”Continue reading “On Songs I’m Grooving”
On Mint M&Ms
There is one thing I look forward to more than any other at Christmas time. More than presents. More than cards. More than snow, tinsel, and the tree I look forward to Mint M&Ms. I love Mint M&Ms. I wish they were sold year round, so much do I love them. They’re like ordinary M&Ms.Continue reading “On Mint M&Ms”
On Making More Website Changes
It was time. Three months ago I implemented a radical redesign of the website. After pouring over usage statistics I noticed several broad patterns of the way readers, like yourself, were interacting with the content here. First, there was a core group of readers who hit the website regularly. Second, there were drive-by readers whoContinue reading “On Making More Website Changes”
On a Personal Slogan
Floating around the ol’ blogosphere… Your Slogan Should Be Allyn. Live the Pleasure. The Slogan Generator I feel like adopting a mock dramatic pose. Like Prince George when actors Kenrick and Mossop tried to teach him how to speak.
On Writing Word Macros
Sometimes my Microsoft Word macro coding skills surprise even myself. Once a month, every month, I create about two dozen files. Word documents, Excel spreadsheets — you name it, I’m creating it. Fortunately, nothing in Powerpoint, because Powerpoint es el Diablo. Wait. Why am I writing en espanol? No habla espanol, por favor. This isContinue reading “On Writing Word Macros”
On Upcoming Asteroid Impacts
The asteroid Apophis, which NASA had rated as having a 1 in 45,000 chance of colliding with the Earth in the April 2029, in actuality has a 1 in 450 chance. And if the asteroid collides with a satellite in Earth orbit in its 2029 pass, then the asteroid will hit the Earth in 2036.Continue reading “On Upcoming Asteroid Impacts”
On My Grandmother and the Beach
My grandmother has a strange fixation on the beach. Today is gorgeous in Charm City. Generally clear, save for large puffy clouds. It was on the chilly side in the morning — mid-forties — but by lunchtime the temperature had climbed into the high-fifties, low-sixties, and there was a brisk wind behind it. In short,Continue reading “On My Grandmother and the Beach”
On Presidential Primary Thoughts
I’ve said very little about the ongoing primary battle between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton in the past few weeks. The reason’s fairly simple — I don’t have a horse in this race. Maryland voted weeks ago, and I didn’t vote for either candidate. But whichever candidate receives the Democratic Party’s nomination in NovemberContinue reading “On Presidential Primary Thoughts”
On Runic Writing
On occasion, I’ve deployed my skills in utilizing J.R.R. Tolkien’s Tengwar writing system. And while I have a large collection of different types of Tengwar fonts and know how to use them, the Runic fonts I’ve never used. I have them. I just don’t use them. But then, I am a self-described “font whore.” YouContinue reading “On Runic Writing”
On the Two-Week Round-Up
It’s a Sunday, so let’s take a look at the last two weeks in the life of Allyn Gibson. 😉 In terms of work, last week was “Hell Week,” that time in the publishing cycle where I have lots to do, deadline looming left, right, and center. And despite some truly harrowing moments in theContinue reading “On the Two-Week Round-Up”