Crazy as a Left Handed Computer

Ham has a bad rap with Jews, Muslims, Samual L Jackson, and professional radio operators. But as Reginald Fessenden must surely have said over a beer, licensed ham would be very tasty. Fessenden was never a licensed ham but then in those days there were like almost no radio operators in the whole wo...

I used to get sleep paralysis a lot. It feels like closing in. I’ve seen something, a dark swirling roughly in the shape of a person and moving slowly around the room. Sometimes it leans over me and I see a face, I can’t describe the face because it is constantly changing. Sometimes I tried to shout...

You know it is definitely bad when someone shouts your unabbreviated name, emphasising each syllable, AN THON NEEEEEEE! Part 1. A Warning I'm lying at the edge of the river. I'm young to be near the river on my own, but my parents are smart enough to know how smart I am. Usually I like to prod the m...

Once upon the beginning of time there was nothing, not even time, and it was impossible to toast a slice of bread since it either took no time or an eternity to get burnt. Though toast didn’t yet exist, this proved a problem for the bakers of white sliced loaves, as well as manufacturers of toasters...

The end is nigh!

Seven years later Windows is still better than MacOS (or whatever it is called).

Windows can even run software that is over seven years old!

So, Jack Slacker was playing the game "Beat Yourself Up". There was this bit about getting an AddingCatch that he didn't quite understand. He turned to Google and typed in "adding catch". There was loads of stuff. He noticed that some results were forums discussing the game but he couldn't find an a...

Once upon a time there was an ant. The ant lived in an anthill and worked hard every day. In autumn the ant would collect leaves that had fallen off trees. The leaves would be munched up by other ants and turned into food and furniture. One morning, as the ant was returning home with a leaf, it enco...

This is actually by an American sci-fi writer called Terry Bossin. But it’s very short and quite brilliant. Somebody posted it in connection with a poll question which asked if you believe aliens have visited Earth. (See https://m.slashdot.org/poll/3067. I answered “no”, of course!) Terry Bossin’s s...

In Zebraland all was good. Happy Zebra did what happy Zebra did. Unhappy Zebra were never unhappy for very long. Then one day Zebra from outside Zebraland appeared. This confused the Zebra of Zebraland. Zebra existed only in Zebraland, Zebra outside Zebraland is a contradiction. Fortunately great th...

I think it’s Saturday. Jean visits on Saturday. Gloria makes cakes in the morning, then a pot of tea brewed for the moment Jean arrives. I would hear the sound of best china, cups against saucers, I could hear that now. Gloria calls from the kitchen, “Milk and sugar?” It's quiet for a moment. Someth...