Satin: A Stitch in Time is now officially in existence. Though it will doubtless be a while before it hits the bookshops, you can preorder it in a few places, including here. A Stitch in Time is Book 1 of the Satin series. To whet your appetite, here’s a little excerpt, taken from Chapter 8: […]
Saturday Night Freeware: HandBrake
In an attempt to keep the posts at Writer’s Log ticking over regularly,I’m starting a weekly Saturday Night Freeware series. The aim is to write about great software available free on the Web and thank the wonderful people who have created and shared them for no charge. This week’s free app is HandBrake, an open […]
Share us!
Writeside.net just went share-happy. It is now possible to share posts and pages through social bookmarking/networking sites, including Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Reddit and the like. All this is achieved thanks to the Sociable plugin from BlogPlay.com. Easy to set up, Sociable brings a choice of almost 100 social bookmarking sites, including options to e-mail, print […]
A curious riddle
A rat and a spider pitted against the human scourge of globalization. What was that, you ask? Well, that’s what Monideepa Sahu’s The Riddle of the Seventh Stone is all about. Read the full review. From Venkat Thatha’s humble home to rotting garbage heaps to never-ending traffic jams to dank, musty sewers, The Riddle takes […]
A gaming shopping list
Over the past year or so, I’ve been rediscovering my gaming feet. So far that has involved returning to some old favourites (Sims 3, The Hitman series, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Invisible War, Call of Duty 1 and 2), looking wistfully at older favourites (the Myst series, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Diablo/Diablo […]
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Reboot successful!
Hallelujah! Finally managed to redesign Writeside.net. It was many years coming, thus the theme is named “Belated”. It’s based on an old design of mine. (To be honest, the theme was looking much better while I was designing it; it’s lost its charm after all the hard work and sleepless nights.) Extensive changes have taken […]
Rosy could be my relative
The thought of being bequeathed a Rosy (à la Gerald Durrell’s Rosy is My Relative) would give anyone sleepless nights, but don’t kill off your dream of having a pet elephant just yet. In fact, while you’re about it, ever considered a more unusual pet — a killer whale anyone or a giant panda or […]
Decisions, decisions…
The finishing touches to Writeside.net’s new design are now being worked out, so we might say we’re on the home stretch. This belated redesign is based on one of my open source Web designs, called “32 Not Out”. Here’s the original, but you’ll have to wait to see Writeside.net’s avatar. 🙂 ~PD
A revolution is under way
… at Writeside.net. It will be bloodless, but expect plenty of changes, both superficial and under the skin. To start with, I’m working on a long-overdue redesign. Second, I’m also working on moving the entire site, along with the Books section, to WordPress. The latter will be a long and tedious project. Sigh. Finally, the […]
Hollaback Mumbai
Women around the globe fight street sexual harassment from the moment they step outside. It is an insidious form of violence that is usually brushed off as insignificant, and in India trivialized as ‘eve-teasing’. The Hollaback! movement is an international e-activism network against street sexual harassment, and it has just sprouted its first branch in […]