It’s the view from my hotel…at night. Pretty exciting, eh? More photos here.
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Back from the reading
I had a pretty good turnout tonight at McNally Robinson here in Saskatoon for the reading from my book A Safe and Prosperous Future: 100 years of engineering and geoscience achievements in Saskatchewan. The local Cosmopolitan Club came out en masse, and a few others showed up as well (including some people I went to …
I’m in Saskatoon…
…waiting to read at McNally Robinson tonight, and you know what that means, don’t you? That’s right! The obligatory Photo Taken Out My Hotel Window: Once I checked in (after my noon-hour appearance on CTV Saskatoon with Jeff Rogstad) I headed across the Broadway Bridge for lunch at Calories. Naturally, I took my camera with …
Are we wrong about the causes of climate change?
There’s a legitimate rival theory about the most important thing driving climate change.
A Lego in motion tends to remain in motion
Newton’s Laws explained with Lego.
I’ll be reading in Saskatoon Monday…
…at 7 p.m. at McNally Robinson Bookstore. This visit is to promote A Safe and Prosperous Future: 100 years of engineering and geoscience achievements in Saskatchewan. I’ll probably be reading the chapter on Saskatoon’s bridges, in honour of the location. The reading will take place in the Prairie Ink restaurant attached to the bookstore. I …
The snow-eating robot
This seems to be my day for cute gadgets. Behold Yuki-taro, the Japanese snowplow robot. It eats the snow and turns it into compressed blocks perfect for building igloos or snow forts with. It would look great on, say, the Scarth Street Mall here in Regina. (Via Gizmodo.)
The irrationality of political beliefs
People are irrational about politics, says this fascinating paper by Michael Huemer, and that’s why there is such enormous polarization in political belief (among people who care about politics at all, that is). Such polarization is dangerous, he points out, because it prevents us from finding solutions to problems. He offers some suggestions, which I’ve …
Now you can buy your own submarine
It’s amazing how stories like this leap out at me since I wrote a novel set on an ocean world: The world’s first personal submarines have been launched with a price tag of £65,000. Dutch designers claim the subs will make owners feel like they are “flying through the water”. The one-seater version is 9ft …
First quantum computer running commercial applications
D-Wave Systems Inc. says it will demonstrate it on February 13. But get this: This is the core of a new quantum computer to be unveiled by D-Wave Systems, says Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, a leading venture-capital firm. “It is attached to a Leiden Cryogenics dilution fridge, ready to begin a …
Disney is bringing back hand-drawn animation
This makes me happy.
Do you lie about what you read?
Apparently the Brits do: People once said ‘you are what you eat’ but it appears the phrase has been hijacked by image-conscious Brits to state ‘you are what you read.’ So suggests new research from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which found almost half of people lie about their literary credentials. Joining in conversation …
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