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“Max Brand” was one of the pen names used by Frederick Faust (1892-1944). Mr Faust wrote “westerns” under the name “Max Brand” – somewhere in the neighborhood of 220 “pulp westerns.” Mr Faust also wrote under 21 other pseudonyms, in another dozen genres. Mr Faust was described as a “classical poet” – but since there…

buy me a coffee Patreon “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre” – a classic movie starring Humphrey Bogart and directed by John Huston has a couple of memorable lines. Probably the most referenced line is: “Badges?… We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinking badges!”…

… kind of a random thought – but I think Apple has officially run out of ideas — e.g. I am seeing ads for a “Titanium” iPhone, which comes across (to me at least) as “how do we convince people to pay us $1,000 for a ‘new’ product that is functionally the same as what…

I achieved “crazy old man” status a few years back — so when I encounter “youthful arrogance” I’m always a little slow to perceive it as “youthful arrogance.” Googling “youthful arrogance” gave me a lot of familiar quotes – a new favorite: I’m too old to know everything Oscar Wilde Being “slow to recognize” youthful…

I use a free service called https://letsencrypt.org/ for my “personal” sites ssl/tls certs. The automated cert install usually sets up automatic renewal at 3 month intervals. I’m honestly not sure – mostly because it has “just worked” for my minimal usage. THEN – I had an issue with my “classical music streaming” example site (now…

I probably read Frank Herbert’s “Dune” because of the pre-release hoopla surrounding the 1984 movie. The novel was/is a “science fiction classic,” I was a “reader” so I hunted up a copy and read it. Dune (1984) has serious issues – but is a fun “80’s movie.” e.g. Sting (who was a full blown “80’s…

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