Monthly Archives: May 2018

Bacon won’t give you stomach cancer, redux

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Lummox JR

Two years ago I posted about a story that had gone viral on Facebook, in which the World Cancer Research Fund claimed bacon would cause stomach cancer. When I did actual due diligence to see where they came up with … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of a book cover

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Lummox JR

Now that my release is out, I thought I’d do a fun post to help out fellow indies looking to do their own book cover work. Here’s a rough breakdown of everything I did to put together my most recent … Continue reading →

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Sequel day!

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Lummox JR

Yay! After a long wait, the release of The Well of Moments is finally here! For only having promoted the free promo of The Affix on Reddit and Litsy, that promo is doing surprisingly well. It’s nowhere near the downloads … Continue reading →

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Breaking news is broken

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Lummox JR

On the ongoing subject of programmers who should be hit with blunt objects, I have one of the Weather Channel’s two apps on my phone—which is to say, they have two iOS apps and they encourage people to switch to … Continue reading →

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HEY STUPID: Stop polling localStorage without a try/catch!

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Lummox JR

I’m going on a rant against my fellow programmers, because there are a lot of JavaScript developers out there working on commercial websites who ought to frelling know better. This also applies to older versions of the Modernizr script, although … Continue reading →

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It’s the final countdown!

Posted on May 11, 2018 by Lummox JR

Yep, had to go with a song lyric for that one. The excitement goes with what I’m feeling right now. My proof copy of The Well of Moments arrived Wednesday, so I was able to approve the proof and place … Continue reading →

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Grill season is back!

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Lummox JR

I haven’t been to the zoo yet this year. Last year we didn’t have a spring, but this year I’ve passed up at least two beautiful potential zoo days so far—today and last week. The reason: I’m still not walking … Continue reading →

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The (long-overdue) fall of Roman

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Lummox JR

Yesterday the Academy kicked out Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski. I give them credit for Cosby alone. 40 years ago, Polanski was convicted of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, and after he was convicted but before sentencing, he fled … Continue reading →

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Schedule blown already?

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Lummox JR

Well that was quick. CreateSpace just finished file review so I could order a proof copy of my new book, but with standard shipping it won’t be here till next Monday. No, not this coming Monday, but the one after … Continue reading →

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