I'd like to announce the arrival of my new website, Scott's House. It can be found at scottholstad.com. It has a Pittsburgh Penguins fan site complete with Stanley Cup information, pictures, and videos, a number of archived technical articles I've written over the years, a page devoted to my 13 years as a college student …
Month: October 2016
A Review of To Honor You Call Us
To Honor You Call Us by H. Paul Honsinger My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed a great deal of To Honor You Call Us, yet there was quite a bit about it I did not enjoy. Captain Max Robichaux has been given command of the USS Cumberland, a bad luck destroyer with a …
Strokes
Some people have been asking about me lately, so I thought I would write a brief post letting you know a couple things that have been going on with me. Thanks for asking. Over the past two months, I have had two minor strokes. The first one wasn't that bad. Eight doctors confirmed it was …
A Review of Rainbows End
Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge My rating: 2 of 5 stars I admittedly haven't read much Vernor Vinge, but I know some of his books have won several Hugo Awards, including this one. But whenever I read him, I just don't enjoy his books. Admittedly, Vinge is an idea guy. He comes up with big …