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
- Early Modern English for Authors
- Resources for Reverse-Engineering 16-bit Applications
- Recommended “Politics in Harry Potter” fics
- Fanfiction – A Quick Overview of The Whole Pureblood Pretense Series
- Learning Materials for getting into Windows 3.1 programming
- Recommended Battlestar Galactica “Earth-contact” fics
- Recommended “More-Than-Human Shinji” Evangelion fics
- A Simple “Modpack Info” Generator for SMAPI
- Home-made tamper-evident security seals for kids and adults alike
- Quick tip for RetroArch’s DOSBox-Pure core
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Author Archives: Stephan Sokolow
Game – Lumo
I just finished playing Lumo, so I supposed I might as well review it. When I was a kid, these were always the kinds of games I was curious about but never had (aside from Mario RPG), so I can … Continue reading
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GUI Error Handler for PyQt 5.x
When I was developing programs with PyGTK, one of my favourite little things to include to make life better for users was a drop-in helper named gtkexcepthook.py which adds a GUI traceback handler for uncaught exceptions. Well, I finally got … Continue reading
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GIMP Plugin to Automate Setting up to Colorize Manga Pages
I’ve been making a push lately to try to get things cleaned up around here, and I came across an old GIMP plugin I slapped together when I decided to try my hand at colorizing manga pages. The approach you … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Harry Potter and The Iron Lady
For today’s fic, a little something I found because someone else thought I already knew it. Thanks a bunch, Aura Of The Dawn. Harry Potter and The Iron Lady by mugglesftw This is a story that had such potential for … Continue reading
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Novel – Eon
UPDATE 2019-05-18: I found some other notes I’d lost under a pile of other TODOs and have revised this again with more critiques of specific details. Branching out, I thought I’d share my thoughts on some non-fan fiction I’ve been … Continue reading
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A Balanced Exploration of Arguments For and Against Ape-like Cryptids
UPDATE: Having since seen TREY the Explainer’s The Native Bigfoot and how willing seemingly trustworthy secondary sources are to intentionally misrepresent primary sources (and how misrepresented those primary sources have been), I now strongly suspect that there is nothing to … Continue reading
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Fanfiction – Being Harry Potter
Kirinin really has a knack for writing fanfiction that has a special spark to it. I first recognized that when I was looking for Ranma ½ fanfiction and read The Pit. This time, it’s a Harry Potter – Draco Malfoy … Continue reading
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