Writing/creativity 
No Comments I’m not much of an artist. I used to draw quite regularly, but was a much stronger copier than anything; whenever I tried to draw purely from imagination, I could never get it even close to right.
The decision to become a comic book artist was therefore a natural one… uh, what?
Geek Stuff, Humour, Random No Comments My manager wore a “Where’s My Jetpack?” T-shirt to work the other day, and that got me thinking. A lot, actually. About all of the stuff that could exist now, given current levels of technology, and all the stuff that might exist in the future for consumers to purchase and operate.
After some very careful pondering, I have reached the conclusion that despite frequent appearances in science fiction tales (including mine) a flying car or hovercar will probably never make it onto the market. Here are some reasons why.
Writing/creativity No Comments Until very recently, it never crossed my mind that the purpose of writing was not necessarily to be published. Although every book on writing I had ever read stated that you must enjoy the process, they all (naturally) continued on to offer advice on getting published, so I guess I developed the assumption that the two processes go hand-in-hand.
For me, getting published was not about making money… or at least, not as much about that as it was about other things.
Random No Comments Hello out there! If you’re reading this, you’re probably a bit lost. On the off-chance that you are actually here to read about this blog and its author, here are some highlights.
The title “SELECT * FROM Shane” is a simple SQL statement that essentially means “select all columns in the data table called Shane,” or in non-geek-speak, “Everything in Shane.”