Author: Larry

TestFlightApp.com goes away February 26, 2015 – use new iOS 8 Test Flight App 1

TestFlightApp.com goes away February 26, 2015 – use new iOS 8 Test Flight App

The website we have utilized for beta testing of apps, TestFlightApp.com, shuts down on February 26th, 2015. All app testing will be moved to the iOS8 TestFlight app and managed through Apple’s iTunes Connect....

Review of Michael Moorcock’s THE WHISPERING SWARM posted at SFSignal 0

Review of Michael Moorcock’s THE WHISPERING SWARM posted at SFSignal

My review of Michael Moorcock’s new novel The Whispering Swarm (Book one  in The Sanctuary of the White Friars ) has been posted at the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: While billed as an...

Review of SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY posted on SFSignal 0

Review of SLEEPING LATE ON JUDGEMENT DAY posted on SFSignal

My review of Sleeping Late on Judgement Day, the third novel in Tad Williams’ Bobby Dollar series, was posted at SFSignal on Christmas Eve. Does that make it a Christmas miracle? An excerpt: In...

San Antonio Half Marathon – December 7, 2014 2

San Antonio Half Marathon – December 7, 2014

Race day at the San Antonio Half Marathon. After 18 weeks following the Hanson’s Half Marathon training program (and two months of running before that to determine if my knees could handle running six...

Half-marathon training: Race Strategy, or, I *may* be overthinking this 2

Half-marathon training: Race Strategy, or, I *may* be overthinking this

After 18 weeks of half-marathon training, using the Hanson Half Marathon program (ebook here), the targeted half marathon (the San Antonio RnR Half) is tomorrow. During training, my targeted race pace has been to...

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 17 0

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 17

With all these miles, I’ve been really wearing down my shoes, even though I’ve been alternating them. I got a new pair on Newton’s (Sir Isaacs) on Wednesday, which should give me enough days...

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 16 0

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 16

Race day is not far away – received my confirmation sheet for the Dec. 7 San Antonio RnR Half. This is the last hard week before the taper (48 miles this week, then 40 and...

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 15 0

Half-marathon training: Hanson’s week 15

This is the “IS THE TAPER WEEK SOON?” and “I HATE TREADMILLS” post all rolled into one. This week the strength run is a 3 x 2 mile on Tuesday, tempo run on Thursday...

Jury Duty, Harris County 0

Jury Duty, Harris County

I had the fun and privilege of performing a civic service for Harris County last Monday, and headed down for jury duty. You can postpone jury duty twice and seems like I hit my...

Review of HARRY HARRISON, HARRY HARRISON: A MEMOIR posted at SFSignal.com 0

Review of HARRY HARRISON, HARRY HARRISON: A MEMOIR posted at SFSignal.com

My review of the late Harry Harrison’s memoir, appropriately entitled Harry Harrison, Harry Harrison, has been published on the two-time Hugo-award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: World War II veterans and early pulp fiction writers...