by Hyram Voltage | Mar 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
You’ve sitting in a traffic jam and in normal traffic you have an hour more of driving to do. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a flying car. Weren’t we suppose to have one by now. A little history. Back in the 1960s there was a animated cartoon show... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
“So where do the ideas actually come from? Mostly from getting annoyed about things. Not big issues so much … as the little irritations that drive you wild out of all proportion.” — from the introduction to The Frood: The Authorised and Very Official History of... by Hyram Voltage | Mar 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
I write a monthly column for a radio club newsletter. Every month I have to come up with an idea for the column. At first this was easy, I was over running with ideas. Then it became a slog. I write books and screenplays and a lot of other things. The column for the... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have been having trouble writing these blogs and the cause has been starting me in the face. I’m stuck, isolated at home. I need inputs. One big source of inputs is conventions. Be it radio conventions, Science Fiction, or Steampunk conventions. Meeting new... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m writing a story set in 1890s Paris, France. I have a history book that tells me that this is a time of great upheaval. They are rebuilding the streets of Paris. Widening them and straightening them. Of course this means taking away land, building and homes... by Hyram Voltage | Feb 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m not against experts, but experts can be wrong and some of the experts I have dealt with refuse to admit they have ever been wrong. It’s bad for business when an expert admits he made a mistake. One day as a kid my dad bought me a comic book. That was a... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
This morning a fiber optic cable was cut in Brooklyn, NY. This stopped internet service in NY city, then it spread throughout the Northeast and Mid Atlantic States. This was a break in a Verizon cable, but the backup the break caused effected other providers. Hours... by Hyram Voltage | Jan 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
I just saw a picture of main street Disneyland from Christmas last year. It bought back memories of my old home town. They use to have the fire department string decorations across the four blocks of old down town. They may have been the same decorations year after... by Hyram Voltage | Dec 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
Or why we won’t have self driving cars, now or maybe forever. Yesterday I needed to connect a radio to a software program. No big deal, I had done it before. But that was two software updates ago. The software won, I didn’t get the radio to talk to the... by Hyram Voltage | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Other good day for working outside. Still needed to wear a jacket, but the sun felt good. Just a bit of a breeze today. Stated to throw together a couple of extension cords to clean up some of the displays. Ended up taking longer than it should. I didn’t need to...