Welcome to Carla Schroder’s personal site. Here be book, music, and movie reviews, and occasional rants and analysis on politics and religion. Enjoy, and feel free to comment. I have only three rules: be polite, be helpful, and do your own homework. Yes, anyone can have an opinion, but opinions have no itrinsic value. The world is over-full of misinformed and baseless opinions, and beliefs based on nonsense. If you have time to post a comment you have time to read the article you’re commenting on, and time to do your own fact-checking.

This site is partly-supported by affiliate links, so if you buy something mentioned here, please kick a few beans my way by clicking on one of my affiliate links. My reviews and opinions are completely my own, and I’m not going to get rich off this; it helps to pay my hosting costs. I do want to encourage visitors to read more, to listen to more music, and to watch worthy movies. There are vast riches available to us just a few clicks away, and far worthier than the latest reality TV dreck.

I am a big fan of Free and Open Source Software, Linux, and do-it-yourself. Anyone can learn to do anything, and you’re never too old to try something new. I have written three excellent computers books and hundreds of howtos for various online publications.

The Book of Audacity: Record, Edit, Mix, and Master with the Free Audio Editor

Linux Networking Cookbook: Everything You Need to Know About Computer Networking

Linux Cookbook: Everything You Need To Know about Using Linux