Daniel J. Lyons is a life-long fan of science fiction and fantasy, especially Star Trek and the works of Isaac Asimov, who grew up along the east coast of the U.S. as a Navy brat before settling in Massachusetts. He started writing fan fiction in high school then earned a degree in journalism with a minor in creative writing before unexpectedly focusing on a career as an IT professional, eventually specializing in web and mobile communication.
Fiction

Science fiction
December 1, 2020

The Infinitesimal Collection: Bureaucracy, Stuffed Bears and Alien Duels
A collection of four short stories: "A Visit to the Licensing Department”, "The Busiest Workday”, ”Come Around Here Often?” and "Best Friend Bears”.Speculative fiction, science fiction, fiction
August 1, 2020
Fan Fiction
SugarQuill.net (Harry Potter)
- "Just Deserts"
The Weasley twins discover that pranking isn't always as easy you would think.
January 26, 2004
943 words - "Into the Dark"
Ginny Weasley’s final confrontation with the influence of Tom Riddle.
August 5, 2003
815 words
The Tick

Hey Mac, It's The Tick
"Fly a Mile in Another Man's Cape"
Art by Matthew Cohen
October 16, 2001
- "Evil Comes Parcel Post" (script)
The Mayor of The City is held hostage by a new villain while the Tick and Arthur are held hostage by unexpected relatives.
July 28, 2001
Technology Columns
MacBC.com
This site is no longer online - the following links are archived PDFs:
The Lyons' Den
- "iTunes: Making your Digital Hub Work For You"
March 19, 2001 - "Palming Across Platforms: Crow tastes just like Chicken"
October 6, 2000 - "Block Six: the Apple iSlab"
July 22, 2000 - "I Have Seen the Printer, and it is Laser"
June 22, 2000 - "The Webs we Weave: Fallout from the WWDC Rumors"
May 17, 2000 - "Will Apple's Next Ad Tout a 2 GHz PowerMac?"
May 4, 2000 - "Top 10 Slogans for Microsoft's New Ad Campaign"
April 27, 2000 - "Why Does My Refrigerator Need an ISP?"
March 28, 2000 - "First Tokyo, Now Boston: The New G4/400 Arrives"
February 24, 2000 - "OS Evolution"
February 4, 2000 - "OSX: Thoughts, Analysis, Rambling"
January 20, 2000 - "CompUSA, How Could You?"
December 17, 1999 - "MacOS X Server, Where's the Machine to Match?"
December 9, 1999
Mac Did You Know...
- ..."that Macs Make Better Copy than WinTels, Even when Promoting W2K?"
February 22, 2000
Student Journalism
Massachusetts Daily Collegian
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
As Collegian Staff
- “Community Service launches fundraiser”
Volume CI, Issue 126, Page 3, Tuesday, April 21, 1992 - “High tech displayed for Kennedy”
Volume CI, Issue 87, Page 1, Tuesday, February 18, 1992 - “Students travel to Cape Verde, discover democracy and roots”
Volume CI, Issue 8, Page 3, Monday, September 16, 1991 - “Free sperm alternative to spermbank”
Volume C, Issue 136, Page 3, Friday, May 10, 1991
As Collegian Correspondant
- “Tradeswomen group formed”
Volume C, Issue 133, Page 7, Tuesday, May 6, 1991
(printing error: only the first two paragraphs were published) - “Migratory beekeepers are subjects of UM prof's book“
Volume C, Issue 123, Page 3, Tuesday, April 23, 1991 - “SEA challenge draws students for semester”
Volume C, Issue 122, Pages 3-4, Monday, April 22, 1991 - "Volunteers help bring lambs to life”
Volume C, Issue 99, Page 3, Tuesday, March 12, 1991
Insight
Barnstable High School
As Entertainment Editor
- “Cruise: Impressive in Born on the Fourth of July”
Volume 24, Number 3, Page 8, March 1990
Review of the movie Born on the Fourth of July - “Shatner's Tekwar a Pleasant Surprise”
Volume 24, Number 3, Page 8, March 1990
Review of William Shatner's TekWar - “Film Clips”
Volume 24, Number 3, Page 8, March 1990
(compiled by)
As Editor
- “The Future Is in Trouble - Once Again”
Volume 24, Number 2, Page 6, January 1990
Review of Back to the Future Part II
• Reprinted in:
Village Journal
Volume 21, Number 7, Page 22, February 15, 1990 - “Proposition 2½ Threatens Barnstable”
Volume 24, Number 1, Page 1, November 8, 1989
Personal Sites
- Junkion HQ
currently on hiatis
A Transformers toy photo blog.
Home of the unofficial catalog of New Age Toys' Legendary Heroes toyline. - Cybercops Data-Bit
prototype site
A history of the police of the future toy lines; Dennou Keisatsu Cybercops, the US release ZAP Power Force and related knockoffs. - DLdeveloper
no longer maintained
The home page DLdeveloper, Inc. - formerly an IT support and iOS app development company.
Software
- Signature Generator
internal SharePoint Extension to generate standard email signatures
for Regis College
June 2020
Utility to generate a standard signature for university emails. - Doctor Who Podshock Companion
no longer available
Released in September 2010 by Art Trap Productions, LLC.
A compliment to their Doctor Who Podshock podcast with links to episodes and exclusive content. - Frog Jig
no longer available
Released in April 2010 by DLdeveloper, Inc.
A nature photo jigsaw puzzle. - Frog Slide
no longer available
Released in March 2010 by DLdeveloper, Inc.
A nature photo slide puzzle. - Bullet Skater
no longer available
Released in March 2010 by Bullet Development
A motion controlled dodging game. Watch the gameplay montage. - Meet Me Here
no longer available
Released in October 2009 by DLdeveloper, Inc.
A location sharing app. - Localytics
developed in 2009 with Perpetuating Technologies
First port of the Localytics analytic library to iOS. - Reach Out!
no longer available
Released in April 2009 by Perpetuating Technologies
Contact management application. - Flutter
no longer available
with Perpetuating Technologies
Released on September 15, 2008 by JuiceCaster
Provided MMS-like services to iPhone’s running the 2.X version of the OS. Read the about the release on Business Wire. - ASCsurvey.com
public website
for the American Surveying Company of Boston, Inc.
2005-2007
The website included an authenticated section that allowed clients to order online instead of via fax and integrated with Quinsail. - Quinsail
internal web application
for the American Surveying Company of Boston, Inc.
2005-2007
Used to manage the mortgage plot plan business including initial order, distribution of surveys to contractors and employees, generating AutoCAD DXF files for each plan, invoicing, reporting and integration with QuickBooks for accounting.
A module for ASC National, LLC was under development when both companies were closed in 2007. - ASC National
internal Microsoft Access 97 application
for ASC National, LLC
1999-2008
Used to manage the nationwide land survey coordination business including initial order, distribution of surveys to sub-contractors, invoicing, reporting and integration with QuickBooks for accounting. - Job II
internal Microsoft Access 97 application
for the American Surveying Company of Boston, Inc.
1998-2005
A combination of a previously existing Microsoft Access barcode job tracking application and a port of a FoxPro project management database. Used to manage the mortgage plot plan business from initial order to integration with QuickBooks for accounting.
Other Resources
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