I bought my first laptop computer in December 1997. It was a fully loaded Micron, and I spent about $5,000 for it. It served me well until September 2004. In October, 2004, I purchased my current Sony Vaio TR-5 laptop. It’s small, lightweight, fully loaded with an extended service battery … Continue reading →
While on vacation in October, I inadvertently deleted my saved wireless connection for the San Antonio house. This is the first time I’ve been back here since September, so I’m attempting to re-establish the connection. It says it’s working, but for some reason, I’m not able to get past the … Continue reading →
I knew you were wondering. You weren’t? Then I know you’re not reading this, so I’m going to tell you anyway. NaNo 2009 is done and won. Check. (It doesn’t matter that I produced the singularly worst writing I think I’ve ever done. I may have gotten enough character development … Continue reading →
Gee. That seemed pretty easy. I updated the information in the WordPress admin section, then moved the files from the old folder to the new folder on the server. The database, thankfully, stayed undisturbed. I need to update my progress bars, but everything else seems ok. If you see anything … Continue reading →
I’m preparing to move the blog to the new address. I’m making this harder than it is only because I’d rather not mess it up. Over the next few days, the blog will move to http://polarbear60.org/randr/ (There’s nothing but an empty directory there now, so don’t go look yet).
Continue reading →One foot slipped off the running board while the other was on the floor of the truck this morning. That means my right knee bent further than it’s accustomed to bending for quite some time. Now it’s a little sore. It has a week and a half to feel better, … Continue reading →
The NaNo validator was working just fine and on schedule this morning. It validated Somethings’ Fishy at 50,752 words. My NaNoWriMo for 2009 is officially complete. It’s an ugly, ugly novel. I could show it to anything you wanted to scare to death, and you’d be planning a funeral. That’s … Continue reading →
At least for NaNoWriMo purposes, this mess is done. Won for another year. My goal was 60k, though, so I may still work on it more between now and the end of the month. Then I need to compare my character building with the story and see what needs adjustment. … Continue reading →
Just under three thousand words again today. I developed backstory for my two protagonists — well, today was just Mallory, I guess. Cody was yesterday. I still don’t feel as if I know enough about the two of them to do them justice in the story, so I’ll keep working … Continue reading →
Got nearly 3,000 words of backstory today. Again, getting to know the characters. I suspect more of the rest of this 50k will be backstory. They’ll be easy to pull out, because I’m using Tigger, Mallory’s cat, as the POV character for all the backstory. It isn’t really Tigger telling … Continue reading →