October 2006

Here are the articles that were published in October 2006.

The Prestige

published: Tue, 24-Oct-2006

Last weekend we went to Chicago so that my wife could run the Chicago Marathon. When I booked the plane tickets online I neglected to see the little "1" under the "Number of Stops" column (or maybe I assumed that the plane was stopping once, in Chicago). So we had in fact two flights on the way there, one from Denver to Dallas and one from Dallas to Chicago and on the way back there was just the one flight. I decided to pick up The Prestige by Christopher Priest to reread on the lengthy journey, especially as last Friday, 20 October, the long-anticipated movie by Christopher Nolan, loosely based on the book, was released. Getting a good feel for the book again before seeing the movie was my goal. Read more...

Notes on publishing with Lulu (part 3)

published: Wed, 11-Oct-2006

Now that I've gone through the entire process of actually getting The Tomes of Delphi: Algorithms and Data Structures (ToDADS) republished and people are buying it and receiving it, it's time to consider the wider scope: getting even more people to buy it (cue evil I'm-taking-over-the-world laughter). Read more...

Way. Awesome.

published: Mon, 9-Oct-2006

This is fabulous. The Tomes of Delphi: Algorithms and Data Structures is not only number 617 on Lulu's all time sales rank after only 6 days, but... Read more...

Notes on publishing using Lulu (part 2)

published: Sun, 8-Oct-2006

Last time, I'd left you hanging on the verge of uploading my book-as-PDF to Lulu and continuing the publishing process. Read more...

The Dulwich Players, & being web-visible

published: Fri, 6-Oct-2006

At long last, I've updated my list of acting stints with the roles I performed when I was a member of the Dulwich Players in the late 80s and early 90s. In doing so, I had some thoughts about making yourself known via the web. Read more...

Notes on publishing using Lulu (part 1)

published: Thu, 5-Oct-2006

Now that I've republished The Tomes of Delphi: Algorithms and Data Structures through Lulu, it's time to reflect a little on what the entire process was like. That way, if you are also thinking of writing a book and self-publishing it through a print-on-demand (POD) service, you'll have a better idea of what you can expect. Read more...

More On the ToDADS Reprint

published: Wed, 4-Oct-2006

Wow. I'm humbled. The messages of approval for the reprint have been flooding in, together with some inevitable questions, questions I should have anticipated and to which I should have prepared answers. Anyway, rather than reply to each correspondent individually, I think it'll be better if I reply to all the questions here. That way, everyone can get the same information at the same time. Read more...

ToDADS is for sale from Lulu

published: Tue, 3-Oct-2006

I am pleased, nay, excited, to let you know that The Tomes of Delphi: Algorithms and Data Structures is available for sale again. No longer do you have to pay well over the odds for a copy, you can get your very own, printed just for you when you order it, for a mere $25 plus shipping from Lulu. Read more...