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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Category Archives: General
A simple “Update your Retrode on Linux” helper script
A good rule of programming is, if you find something bothersome twice, and you can’t rule out having to do it again, automate it… I had to look up the steps to update my Retrode twice. In short, I wrote … 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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Fanfiction Author Feature – dogbertcarrol
I had a very busy week and didn’t quite get my planned review post done in time so, rather than leave you with something incomplete or nothing at all, I decided to try something that wouldn’t require me to re-read … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Hell is a Martial Artist
Today’s feature is “Hell is a Martial Artist” by Ozzallos, a Ranma ½ – Oh My Goddess! crossover, which is also a “Ranma-chan fic”. Now, before you start to tune out at that last point, I want to point out … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – A Black Comedy
Trigger Warning: This Harry Potter fic contains a infrequent appearances of a house elf who talks like the old stereotypes of slavery-era black women and the setup for a joke in chapter 30 makes it clear that the resemblance is … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – 0800-Rent-A-Hero
While I’ve been too busy making progress on my programming projects this week to give you a themed list, I don’t want to leave you with no fanfic review at all, so, this week, let’s talk about 0800-Rent-A-Hero by brainthief. … Continue reading
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Homebrew Update Notifier Update
Three years ago, I got annoyed enough to hack together a quick cron+shellscript update notifier, but it was never perfect, because the Zenity window liked to steal focus or pop up on top of other things. Now, I’ve decided to … Continue reading
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