Author Archives: Stephan Sokolow

Thoughts on National Anthems in the 21st Century

Posted on 2018-03-22 by Stephan Sokolow

While I was adding I Am Australian to my list of songs that moved me, I got to thinking about the sentiment by many Australians that it would make a much better anthem than Advance Australia Fair and, in the … Continue reading →

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Relaxing My Schedule For Fanfiction

Posted on 2018-03-21 by Stephan Sokolow

My apologies to readers, but I’m going to have to stop releasing a review every week. Things I want to do more have been piling up over the last couple of months and re-reading fics I know to meet my … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Cheaters Prosper

Posted on 2018-03-14 by Stephan Sokolow

Well, it’s been a very busy week and my reading schedule slipped a little too much, so I had to just dig something up quickly. Cheaters Prosper by drakensis This is another fun little comedy oneshot which asks a simple … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Transcendant Humanity

Posted on 2018-03-07 by Stephan Sokolow

OK, back to Mass Effect fanfiction. Transcendant Humanity by Solaris242 One of the things I really enjoy is first-contact scenarios, because they have so much potential for interesting explorations of the societies involved… especially if one or both of the … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Magical Mystery Oops

Posted on 2018-02-28 by Stephan Sokolow

Well, the last fic I covered reminded me of another MLP fic I wanted to re-read. This one is also a “Twilight Sparkle becomes something” fic (this time, a draconequus), it’s also good and memorable, and, if Ascend had a … Continue reading →

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Music – Instrumental MLP Fan-songs

Posted on 2018-02-21 by Stephan Sokolow

Sorry for not having a fanfic review ready today. Not only was my week a mess, a programming project consumed all of the leisure time I’d normally use for re-reading an old favourite fanfic. Instead, I decided to spotlight some … Continue reading →

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Free Installer Creators for All Eras

Posted on 2018-02-16 by Stephan Sokolow

UPDATE 2021-12-19: Added Installer and InstallerLG for AmigaOS and derivatives Since my list of installer-construction resources has grown so huge, I thought I’d move it out of my list of DOS/Win16 programming resources into its own post. After all, it … Continue reading →

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