nantucketebooks

nantucketebooks, 6 months ago to random

Wow, a huge thanks to all my new followers. Time for an introduction.

I run Nantucket E-Books, helping authors create and share the best e-books on the planet. My e-books are browser-based, very accessible (I am serious about alt-text), DRM-free, and have built-in audiobooks. It is a free software project (GPL3).

To find the e-book catalog, blog, and RSS feeds, visit https://nantucketebooks.com

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

My Friend Amanda and her husband have a reoccurring disagreement about whether they need more cats. She just sent me this:

nocontextb5, 4 months ago to Babylon5

#Babylon5

nantucketebooks, 28 days ago to gaming

Looking for a paid writing assignment? Do you like #pinball or retro arcade #gaming? Would you like to write for a publication that's DRM-free and uses only #freesoftware?

Quarter Up is a free online newsletter published by Nantucket E-Books. I tend to look for articles in one of three areas:

• Articles on the history of a particular game or company.

• Interviews with someone in the business.

• Commentary on the places where life and pinball/arcades intersect.

Email njb@nantucketebooks.com

nantucketebooks, 8 months ago to random

I'll be on IRC tonight, starting at 6:30 PM Mountain. Come talk to me about the e-books you've been enjoying, bugs you've noticed, and what you're enjoying on the platform. I can also share my plans for anonymous payments. irc.libera.chat, channel is #nantucketebooks

nantucketebooks, 5 months ago to random

Here is Issue #5 of Quarter Up, a free newsletter dedicated to pinball and vintage arcade gaming.

https://nantucketebooks.com/quarterup-5

In this issue: coverage of Houston Arcade Expo 2023 by @atgonzalez the reverse-engineering of Sinistar by @synamax, the hot pinball games of 2023, and a special offer from our color-commentator Buffalo. Cover art by Pencilforge.

Subscribe at https://nantucketebooks.com/quarterup/rss.xml

nantucketebooks, 10 months ago to random

AT Gonzalez has been an incredible supporter of Nantucket E-Books. As a writer, he contributes e-books, promotes the platform, and helps shape its development. He needs help now with some medical bills, I encourage you to offer your support on GoFundMe. Medical debt is one of the ugly aspects of American life, and it pains me to see my friend go through this. https://www.gofundme.com/f/7tvme-help-me-pay-for-my-medical-bills

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

What new licenses are in the works that will deal with AI, while still promoting free culture? Is Creative Commons working on a "no AI" attribute?

nantucketebooks, 9 months ago to random

This Saturday, I'll be doing a live reading of the Willa Cather ghost story The Affair at Grover Station, at the ACTUAL Grover Station in northern Colorado. 1:30 PM, Sat. August 26th, 102 Railroad Ave. Grover, CO. This is a fundraiser for the Grover Depot Museum.

The e-book will be simultaneously published on nantucketebooks.com Here's a preview of the cover!

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

I'm introducing a little contest. The contest is to produce a short story about the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse that is not horror. $50 prize for the best submission. At minimum, I'll publish it on my site's blog, if it's long enough I'll publish it as an e-book on the site. Email njb@nantucketebooks.com.

An an example, watch The Marathon, an animated short made in the USSR in 1988. Legend has it that Roy Disney was moved to tears when he saw this. https://youtu.be/AC80jcMCHJY

nantucketebooks, 10 days ago to random

I thought there was a Payphones channel on Lemmy. Oh well.

Here's a phone booth I spotted in Kremmling, Colorado yesterday. (No payphone inside, but it appears to have been repurposed as a privacy booth)

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

We all dread the "algorithm", and the great irony is that these algorithms were embraced in the hopes of removing human imperfections like bias. Instead, they often seem to affirm and entrench these biases.

It's like in the movie WarGames, the airmen in the missile silos were replaced by the WOPR supercomputer, which would be immune to human failures. Instead, WOPR was designed to affirm a significant failure, the human idea that nuclear war could be 'won.'

nantucketebooks, 1 month ago to random

Current desktop wallpaper: this photo of the Lone Cypress in Big Sur, California. This photo was taken by a family member in 1993.

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

Not a great look to criticize the use of AI in voice acting and then post AI-generated images of one of your voiceover roles.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I'm taking some time today to organize my email inbox. Looking back through all the correspondence with authors, artists, fans, and supports has brought me happiness and gratitude.

Also wondering why ProtonMail doesn't automatically alphabetize folders.

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

Worth remembering that flying is still safer than eating.

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

Author pages are coming to Nantucket E-Books.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Lemme throw this atcha: I'm in the market for a short story (1,200 words or less) about AI. No nuclear wars, no robot uprisings, give me something happening right now. Could be a nonfiction story or fiction. Age-appropriateness: write for an audience that could handle and appreciate Frankenstein. Rate is $25.

NOTE: If you're writing a story for me now that involves AI, don't worry, this won't compete with it.

DM me or email njb@nantucketebooks.com

nantucketebooks, 1 month ago to random

Nantucket E-Books respects the four freedoms of free software. You can find the source code for all client-side JavaScript used on the site on this web page: https://nantucketebooks.com/softwarelicenses

nantucketebooks, 3 months ago to random

I thought Nimona was a pretty good movie. Excellent animation, and Nimona is just a fun character (reminded me of Beast Boy from Teen Titans). The first act was a bit much, there's only so much sass and tongue-in-cheek you can put onto every single line of dialogue.

This is one of those movies that was going to be deleted for a tax write-off. It was almost finished when Disney bought Fox, and then they shut it down. Now it's become a hit on Netflix, and got an Oscar nom for animated feature.

nantucketebooks, 3 months ago to random

It's been about a year since the oddest technical problem I've experienced.

This is how a recording of Aqua Teen Hunger Force came back to haunt me twenty years later. https://nantucketebooks.com/blog/2023/02/2023-02-28_a_very_odd_technical_problem.html

nantucketebooks, 3 months ago to random

Proud to be listed in the Fedi Directory under eBooks: https://fedi.directory/tag/ebooks/

nantucketebooks, 3 months ago to random

Re-introducing my offer: I would like to publish a short story featuring the version of Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie, that is not horror. I will pay, and I'd like to include it in an anthology of sf. DM me for more details, or email njb@nantucketebooks.com

nantucketebooks, 4 months ago to random

A few updates for tonight:

1. Otto is a PNG image in the header rather than actual ASCII art text.

2. Belatedly, the blog pages will now have their title in the title tag, and their description in the meta-description tag. Quite a concept! Links to blog posts will look nice when sharing on networks like Hangouts, Discord, or Mastodon.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

If anyone needs a laptop with Libreboot, for that full-free-software experience, let's figure something out. People have helped me with my bind, I'd like to pay it forward.

These are old workhorses. I'm talking Core 2 Duo T7200's, maybe a T9600. If you aren't playing AAA games, editing HD video, or solving protein folds, they'll do just fine.