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Gary D. Robson

Gary D. Robson

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  • Who Pooped BooksA fun series of children’s books about animal scat & tracks.
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  • Nonfiction BooksLocal history, closed captioning, book signings, and much more.
    • Gary’s Guide to Successful Book Signings
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    • A Tea Journey: Your Personal Tea Cupping Journal
    • Alternative Realtime Careers
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    • The Court Reporter’s Guide to Cyberspace
    • Growing Up on Memory Lane
  • Fiction BooksMyths & Legends and my upcoming fantasy series
    • The Bounds of MagicThe first book in the Tryllevær Saga
    • Myths & Legends of Tea, Vol 1
  • Other WorkCaptioning, freelance writing, nonprofit consulting, and more.
    • Book Signing TipsThe most-read posts on my blog. They inspired my book for authors
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    • Closed CaptioningMy captioning talks, articles, and books.
      • Captioning Overview
      • The Closed Captioning Handbook
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    • TeaTea books and blog
      • Tea With Gary blog
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Category: Science & Technology

Science & Technology

Fun with AI images

9 Nov 20258 Nov 2025
Yesterday, I was working on a blog post called 11 Ideas for promoting your new book. I knew what I wanted for a header picture, but I didn't feel like…
Science & Technology

Does Matter matter?

7 Jun 20246 Mar 2025
Getting started in home automation was exciting. It was also extremely frustrating. Smart home devices have been around for quite a while now. A few years ago I was under…
Education…

Amateur lawmakers still don’t understand what science is

6 Feb 202310 Nov 2025
Montana's State Senate Education Committee is considering a bill that's not only written by people who don't know what a scientific theory is, but want to redefine the word. SB…
Science & Technology

Don’t get cloned on Facebook

7 Feb 20215 May 2023
We've all been seeing a rash of Facebook account cloning. You see it when you get a friend request from someone that you've already friended. If you have a lot…
Science & Technology

My grandfather and the 1918 flu pandemic

27 Oct 20186 Feb 2023
This was written before COVID-19 was inflicted upon the world. I really thought that when the first viable COVID vaccine came out, we'd be rid of the anti-vax cult; I…
Science & Technology

Comments on Net Neutrality

6 Jun 20145 May 2023
The FCC is accepting comments from the public on net neutrality. This is a good thing. Unfortunately, the majority of the public doesn't really know what net neutrality is. This…
Articles…

The Origins of Phreaking

3 Jun 20145 May 2023
This article was originally published in the April 2004 issue of Blacklisted! 411. If you're interested in a bit of background about the writing process and the battle to get…
Articles…

Hacker/Phreaker BBS Stings

3 Jun 20145 May 2023
This article was originally published in Blacklisted! 411 magazine in 2004. If you're interested in a bit of background about the writing process and the battle to get paid, please…
Articles…

Closed Captions, V-Chip, and Other VBI Data

16 Apr 20145 May 2023
I wrote this article in 1999, before the switchover from analog to digital TV. It first appeared in print in the January 2000 issue of Nuts & Volts Magazine. At…

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