Novel Update: Still using AI, but differently (more ethically?)
Audio Book: Four Chapters and Counting If you’ve followed this blog, you know I’ve been exploring ways to use AI to make an audiobook of...
Regarding Oversensitivity
This will be short (ish). I’m doing a bit of rejiggering on some historical math in my next novel and noticed I was using BC...
Novel and Other Stuff Updates
I’m using AI for my audio book I’ve had some health and logistics issues in getting the audiobook I wanted to do done. Mostly it’s...
Writing Tools: Using Scrivener on Linux
Yesterday, I decided to move Sodom All Over Again from Microsoft Word to Scrivener. It wasn’t a spur of the moment decision. I’ve used Scrivener...
All online video is now suspect
After almost falling for a video of African men building a wooden full-scale jumbo jet replica, it's time to talk about the dangers (and benefits)...
The Rational Copyright Pledge
Today I announce my “Rational Copyright Pledge” regarding works to which I own the copyright. I encourage other creators to do the same. A Brief...
What is a “real” creator?
I found myself in an existential crisis today. I’ve been a writer and performer for 36 years and I’ve been creating web content for 30...
Introducing FunDraw Clipart
What Was FunDraw? Fundraw.com was a site I owned and ran between 2006 and when I sold the domain (and the domain only) in 2012....
Vibe Coding: Pink Noise Generator for Tinnitus
Pink noise can help reduce the symptoms of tinnitus (ringing in the ears). Try this free pink noise generator you can easily self-host....
What’s wrong with coloring???
I was going to attend a seminar tomorrow until I found out they had a portion that required us to color in an adult coloring...
Banana Factory: The Groaner Dad Remixes!
Friday’s “Banana Factory” joke just got in my head: I used to have a job inspecting bananas at the banana factory, but I got fired...
Having Fun
Groaner Dad has been growing slowly, but organically. Each week it seems our “viewers in the last 4 weeks” increases. It’s not enough to start...
The Curse of The Early Adopter
I was going to get started on working on voice AI stuff for the upcoming Hell on $5 A Day podcast, but I got stopped...
How It’s Going
Despite my gap in posting Groaner Dads, getting back to it has been helpful in driving traffic and subscribers for the Bulmash Media channel on...
Status Update: “Sodom All Over Again”
For those who don’t know, Hell on $5 A Day was originally planned as three novels… but turned into one… then became the first novel...
Mac Desktop UI on Windows? Try Seelen
As some of you know, I recently ended a 2-year experiment of diving into the Apple ecosystem… whole hog: MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, iPhone, AirPods....
A Tough Couple of Weeks
Last year, around this time, I was publishing a webcomic called “Todd The God,” but stopped. My Dad’s birthday is in March. Last year, the...
How many gophers would it take to sink Paris? An AI thought experiment
Google pushed out Gemini 2.0 to its workspace customers, so I decided to test its knowledge and reasoning ability with an absurd question: How many...
Delivery Issues
I was recording myself telling some dad jokes as a test of my mic setup and making sure I had it optimized for recording. I’m...
Hidden Sections of This Site
Did you know this blog has hidden sections? They’re category pages that don’t have any articles in their categories. If you click the “Menu” on...