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Droid Replaced

I finally had the time to stop into Verizon yesterday and have them try to upgrade my Droid to the 2.1 Android OS. At first the guy who looked at it was baffled and then after multiple attempts to upgrade… Read More »Droid Replaced

Buying a Droid

I was very late to the smart phone party.  Partly because I didn’t think I really needed a computer phone and partly because I just couldn’t afford the data plan.  After all, I barely even used the phone I had.… Read More »Buying a Droid

Creating Back Story

The next Silicant story I will write is about Eighty-eight, my mysteries and dark android from the upcoming anthology, Tales from Ocherva Volume One. Eighty-eight has appeared in many short stories and I’ve always painted it as an android who… Read More »Creating Back Story

Naming Androids

I was reading the latest business book from 37signals last night on my Droid, and it occurred to me that the number they used in their company name is the name of one of my android characters – Thirty-seven. This… Read More »Naming Androids

Genre Influences

Lately I’ve been reading the Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov. I may have read it as a teenager, but I could not recall, so I’m reading it again. One thing I have noticed is how similar the series is to… Read More »Genre Influences