Blog Posts

  • Todos and Agenda Views

    The following post is part of my new Emacs Writing Setup. You can find the complete setup here on GitHub: https://github.com/ballantony/emacs-writing On my original Emacs…

  • Cargo Cult Science Fiction

    Cargo Cult Science Fiction

    There’s too much Cargo Cult Science Fiction.  The term “Cargo Cult Science” was first used by physicist Richard Feynman in 1974. It focuses on the…

  • The Machine Stops

    The Machine Stops

    Then she generated the light, and the sight of her room, flooded with radiance and studded with electric buttons, revived her. There were buttons and…

  • The Professional Side

    The Professional Side

    I’ve written a lot about the tools I use to handle the creative side of writing. But what about the professional side? It’s a principle…

  • Capturing and Refiling Notes

    The following post is part of my new Emacs Writing Setup. You can find the complete setup here on GitHub: https://github.com/ballantony/emacs-writing Capturing Notes Like any…

  • Why Doom Emacs?

    Way back in September I posted about my new Emacs Writing Set Up: Productivity Overview Things might have appeared to have gone a little quiet…

  • The Lobster Pot

    The Lobster Pot

    The Lobster Pot appears in the January/February 2022 Issue of Analog The story continues the Human Way series that has been appearing in Analog over…

  • The Muppets Christmas Carol

    The Muppets Christmas Carol

    As anyone who has seen it will attest, the Muppet’s Christmas Carol is the definitive version of the story. Dickens’s version, whilst competent, fails in…

  • Guest Post: Stephen Palmer

    Guest Post: Stephen Palmer

    I suppose Brian Eno is best known for his contribution to music; and a lot of it is great music. I always think of him…

  • The Food Bin

    The Food Bin

    This is a green bag. A green bag of food waste. The green bag contains things like potato peelings and leftover scraps: the sort of…

  • Pen to Print Event

    Pen to Print Event

    Pen to Print: A Conversation with Tony Ballantyne and Eithne Cullen Thursday 18th November 2021 13:00-15:00 I’ll be reading from and talking about Midway, and leading…

  • Genesis

    Genesis

    On Friday night I saw Genesis for what will probably be the last time. It was was an excellent, though flawed, gig. Excellent because of…