13 September 2025

by Rob | Sep 13, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Tech Geekery, Writing

11:58pm This week has been interesting. I completed a project that has been eating at me for a while. Our Generac generator came with a wifi module, and when we bought it, my Wifi network wasn’t what I wanted, so I never connected the generator to it. Two years...

24 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 24, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

6:18pm So, there’s a slight chance this will become one of my longer posts. You have been warned.  😁 I’ve been working on a project for about a week now that—on the whole—I’m rather excited about. I announced this project to my newsletter subscribers...

16 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 16, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

8:06pm A few months ago, I went on a week-long excursion into the question of leaving both the Microsoft and Apple ecosystems behind. I concluded that the Apple ecosystem was too useful and integrated into my life to walk away from and still use a MacBook as my...

9 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 9, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

12:49pm As of this writing, Torvalin is 39% complete, based on my target word count for novels. That is a damn-good feeling. I think I’ve rambled earlier this week about changing my focus from word count to creating the daily habit. After all, a consistent,...

6 August 2025

by Rob | Aug 6, 2025 | Random Thoughts, Writing

11:17am In a previous post, I mentioned my perennial Quixotic crusade to develop a consistent, daily writing habit. I will confess that my mindset on this is probably rooted in a fallacy. Most of the Pulp-era writers routinely turned out high word counts day in and...