Author Archives: arjaybe

About arjaybe

Jim has fought forest fires and controlled traffic in the air and on the sea. Now he writes stories.

The Prime – Halftime Report

Posted on April 11, 2019 by arjaybe

I still haven’t come up with an image to use with this book. I have been writing my current novel — tentatively titled The Prime — for three months now, and I’m halfway through. That means it’s time for a … Continue reading →

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Green Comet Available in Stores

Posted on April 6, 2019 by arjaybe

Green Comet is showing up in stores. I’ll update this post as it appears in more outlets. Even though I have released Green Comet with a Creative Commons license, I’ve been encouraged to give people the opportunity to reward me … Continue reading →

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Transliterations of Alien Texts

Posted on March 30, 2019 by arjaybe

People ask why I use human referents in my stories about aliens. Why, for instance, did Archie take the name Archimedes when his history doesn’t include Archimedes? Shouldn’t Archie have named himself after a great mathematician from his own world? … Continue reading →

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Cavum

Posted on March 26, 2019 by arjaybe

Cloud of the Day – Cavum Cavum is one of the new clouds that show up in the latest edition of the World Meteorological Organization’s International Cloud Atlas. I reported on the release of the new edition in this post. … Continue reading →

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Measuring Dimensions

Posted on March 21, 2019 by arjaybe

We live on a rocky ball about 12,750 kilometers through and 40,050 kilometers around its widest diameter. It has a mass of about six quadrillion megatonnes, which is so ridiculously large compared to things we’re used to that it doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Two Spaces

Posted on March 6, 2019 by arjaybe

Grammar of the Day – Two Spaces There should be two spaces after a full stop. I know everyone says there should only be one. The style guides agree with them. Even this blog software agrees with them, turning all … Continue reading →

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Daily Crossword Puzzle

Posted on March 1, 2019 by arjaybe

I’m experimenting with running a daily crossword puzzle widget. I’m not sure how it’s going to work out, that is, whether anyone will want to do it, or if it’s a trojan that will take over the website and hold … Continue reading →

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Industry Groups Paint Dark Picture of Right to Repair

Posted on February 17, 2019 by arjaybe

If you have been following this blog, then you know that I have posted several times about the right to repair movement, and the despicable behavior of some vendors who would rather you couldn’t. I wrote about how John Deere … Continue reading →

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People Who Know the Least Think They Know the Most

Posted on January 27, 2019 by arjaybe

The Edmonton Journal has an article about an inverse correlation between how much a person knows and how much they think they know. People often suffer from an ‘illusion of knowledge,’ write the authors of a new study that finds … Continue reading →

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Why Do They Say the Earth is Flat?

Posted on January 14, 2019 by arjaybe

I think that most of the people who say the Earth is flat are trolling. Unlike T-Rex, I don’t think that all flat-earthers are trolling, just most of them. I think they do it to get noticed. I think they … Continue reading →

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