Jeff Tranter's Blog

In July 1969 I was 8 years old and I remember it was very hot. My family had rented a cottage for a couple of weeks of vacation in the Musko...

I just finished reading the above book and really enjoyed it. Bill Meara tells of his experiences with amateur radio and electronics startin...

John Lennon died on this day in 1980. I realized this weekend that last month I stayed at the Montreal Hilton, the same hotel where John Len...

This past weekend I finished reading this long awaited (by me) novel. Clarke had been working on it for a few years but was unable to comple...

I'm a big fan of Roy Orbison. He had an amazing singing voice, was a talented song writer, and was a pretty good guitar player. And with...

I just read Humans , the second novel in The Neanderthal Parallax trilogy by Robert J. Sawyer. It was just the thing to pass the time flying...

The 2008 Summer Olympics are over, and the results are in. The official rankings are weighted by the type and number of medals won, and with...