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• Alex wrote a new blog post: Book Review: Vulcan’s Hammer   1 week, 5 days ago · View

  In the Phillip K. Dick novel, Vulcan’s Hammer , The United Nations has been tossed off in the face of near extinction of the human race. To defend itself from its own devices, human society has opted for an entire and ordering of a world government. Unity, the new world order, now oversees all policy, procedures, and [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: Pulp Fiction Sees An Increase In Popularity   2 weeks, 1 day ago · View

  Backed by fans such as Laurie Powers and Tom McNulty, the interest in pulp fiction history and collecting pulp fiction memorabilia is growing. Proof can be found in the fact that at the recent Pulp Fest in Columbus, Ohio, over 50 unique vendor booths were offering to sell, buy, or trade pulp fiction books. The publications [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: Southern California University Alumni Becomes Guitar Legend   2 weeks, 6 days ago · View

  John Jorgenson, University of Redlands grad of 1978, may be the best guitar player you have never heard of. But then again, maybe you have and just do not realize it. Jorgenson, born in Madison Wisconsin in 1956, is generally hailed as one of the neo pioneers of what is known as the Gypsy jazz movement, [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: The Hook ~ Donald Westlake   3 weeks, 1 day ago · View

  Donald Westlake, author of the book reviewed here, The Hook , passed away December 31, 2008. His published books and screenplays totaled well over 100 in a career spanned 45 plus years. The world lost one of the greatest American writers ever to live, even if not many knew of him… I am so far behind in [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: Extreme Writing Now Episode 2 | Tara Masih | Flash Ficiton   1 month ago · View

  Sunday, August 1st, EWNN had Tara Masih on the show as the guest. Tara is the author of two books, the latest being a collection of her work titled Where The Dog Star Doesn’t Glow. Tara’s work shows astounding depth, especially considering the challenges of the word economy restrictions relative to flash fiction. Tara and [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: Extreme Writing Now Network ~ Show 1   1 month ago · View

  Sunday, July 25th 2010, Extreme Writing Now went live with the step off episode of the Extreme Writing Now Network radio show on Blog Talk Radio. The show opened up a weekly broadcast that can be heard every Sunday at 6:30 EST (-5 GMT) at Extreme Writing Now Network . The weekly thirty minute show is hosted [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: There are many advantages in using VoIP phone service   1 month, 1 week ago · View

  With VoIP, the promise is the ability to make local and global long distance calls at a significantly lower rate than over a plain old telephone line through your local carrier. VoIP solution providers are doing all that it takes to make the process of integration a hassle free one – for them as well [...]

• Alex wrote a new blog post: Make Free VoIP Calls   1 month, 1 week ago · View

  As for SIP VoIP in the home, there is too little incentive for savvy consumers to part with more of their hard earned communications dollars for an industry offering that simply does not meet the needs of the user. Until something concrete can be done to move SIP VoIP forward, service based on P2P such [...]