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
- Embedding the DPMI Extender for your Open Watcom C/C++ EXE (And Related Knowledge)
- Fanfiction – The Pureblood Pretense
- 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 – Rosemary, for Remembrance
Continuing with my efforts to keep things high-quality and varied, this week’s choice is a Stargate: Atlantis fic with a frustratingly rare degree of emotional depth: Rosemary, for Remembrance by Mhalachai This completed story starts out with a light, amusing … Continue reading
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Another Tangent: Degrees of Connectedness
NOTE: Given the amount of time and effort I’ve put into finding good example links for this, I decided it would be acceptable to let it double as this week’s fanfic roundup. While I was reading The Futile Facade (the … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – “Harry Potter, the accidental ‘evil'” fics
This week, something that just barely qualifies as a list: Two fics where Harry Potter gets mistaken for a demon or other non-human horror to some degree or other. (Sadly, no other such fics were noteworthy enough for me to … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – The Pureblood Pretense
UPDATE: It’s much more tilted toward praise, but I’ve written a review for volumes 1 through 4. This time, I’ve changed things up as a side effect of finding a new way to slack off: This review is based on … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Divine Blood
I’ve been giving too much effusive praise recently, so let’s try something different. Divine Blood by Thrythlind is an interesting case, because it does so many things wrong, yet I re-read it despite that. (This being my third time reading … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – The Petriculture Cycle
I’ve had another extremely busy week, so I’ve decided to try another approach to delivering a quality recommendation without having to re-read an entire story to make sure I’ve got things right… a story where the details are so spoiler-y … Continue reading
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Recommended “More-Than-Human Shinji” Evangelion fics
Since I had to cut back last week, here’s another list to make up for it. One though that almost has to have occurred to anyone who’s seen the movie End of Evangelion is how the only way Shinji seems … Continue reading
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