About the Author
I'm Stephan, a Linux user with a passion for open-source, UI/UX design, and exploring what makes fiction work.
In my spare time, I focus on (and write about):
- Programming (mainly in Python and Rust)
- Retrocomputing (mostly DOS but, as of January 2023, I also own a machine running Mac OS 9.2)
- Reading and Reviewing Fiction
- The odd bit of UI/UX design or literary theory
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Popular Posts
- Resources for Reverse-Engineering 16-bit Applications
- Fanfiction – A Quick Overview of The Whole Pureblood Pretense Series
- Recommended Battlestar Galactica “Earth-contact” fics
- Home-made tamper-evident security seals for kids and adults alike
- Displaying An Image or Animated GIF in Qt With Aspect Ratio-Preserving Scaling
- Fanfiction – The Pureblood Pretense
- Embedding the DPMI Extender for your Open Watcom C/C++ EXE (And Related Knowledge)
- Recommended “More-Than-Human Shinji” Evangelion fics
- Learning Materials for getting into C programming for MS-DOS/PC-DOS/DR-DOS/FreeDOS
- Getting your way with setxkbmap
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Category Archives: Reviews
Fanfiction – Changeling
Changeling by GoWithTheFlo20 This is an interesting case. It’s a Harry Potter – Star Trek: Deep Space 9 crossover that’s quite early in its arc, and has a lot of potential, but it’s also a bit of an “OC named … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – A Quick Overview of The Whole Pureblood Pretense Series
In the wake of the final chapter of murkybluematter’s The Futile Facade, I found myself stuck dwelling on the huge cliffhanger it ends on. Enough so, that I’ve just finished a marathon re-read of the series to wear out my … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Loopholes
I decided that this story is so different from the usual Zero no Tsukaima/Familiar of Zero fare that it deserves a full review of its own. Loopholes by DschingisKhan The basic plot is that Louise summons Tabitha from across the … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – A Prince’s Duty
…and, in case you’re not into Naruto, here’s another one I had waiting in the wings: A Prince’s Duty by BonusPoints For all that Ranma ½ has a gender-transformative curse as such a central element of its narrative, there aren’t … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – A Drop of Poison
Since I blogged about something I don’t recommend, I shouldn’t keep people waiting for something I do recommend: A Drop of Poison by Angel of Snapdragons This is one of my old favourites. The gist is that, because Iruka is … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Invincible
Today’s fic is a little Harry Potter disaster movie slash Battlestar Galactica crossover named Invincible by Darth Marrs. The basic concept is that the plot of the movie 2012 has come to the Harry Potter setting, but the radiation involved … Continue reading
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Novel – The Wiz Biz
…and since I seem to be reviewing books in reverse order from when I read and took notes on them, today’s review will be The Wiz Biz by Rick Cook… an omnibus of Wizard’s Bane and The Wizardry Compiled and … Continue reading
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