IBM has developed a speech-to-speech translator. No, it’s not Star Trek‘s “Universal Translator,” but give it a couple of centuries…
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The first sentence I wrote today…
“Grand Deacon–” Richard began to protest.Current word count: 53,731New words this session: 1,021Percentage of novel completed: 53.7
Light blogging alert
From now through the middle of next week, my main focus is on our house move, so blogging will range from light to non-existant, I expect. (Although you never know…) I’ll be without computer or Internet for at least a day, most likely, among other things. I’ll still try to get that “First sentence I …
The first sentence I wrote today…
The playback began, and Emily watched in horror as her world was destroyed.Current word count: 52,710New words this session: 1,817Percentage of novel completed: 52.7 I wrote the first part of today’s count sitting in the Vancouver airport waiting for my flight to board, and the second part sitting in my usual spot in the Second …
Photo of the Day: Quite a View!
The view out my window at the Executive Airport Plaza Hotel in Richmond, B.C., this afternoon as I worked on my Janis Joplin biography. It was actually quite interesting, in a Mighty Machines sort of way. More photos here.
Creepy
You know that chilling scene in Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol where Scrooge is forced to confront his own tombstone by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come? Now I know a little bit how Scrooge feels. This is in Precious Blood Cemetery, South Hadley, Massachusetts, and I found it on this website. Fortunately my …
The first sentence I wrote today…
If this is war, how come only one side is shooting? Current word count: 50,893New words this session: 3,035Percentage of novel completed: 50.8 A particularly prolific day of 3,035 new words of fiction (at both Second Cup and the Foggy Dew, thanks for asking) puts me over the halfway mark to my 100,000-word goal! Yay! …
Band-aid solutions
Humans, as you may have noticed, are covered with skin. This tissue, the largest organ of the body, is both waterproof and amazingly tough, but it isn’t impervious (unless you hail from the planet Krypton). Sharp objects can and do cut through it. Cutting through the skin invariably involves cutting blood vessels, which leads to …
Teen fights alien invasion…
…using only his imagination. OK, technically he played Space Invaders using just brain waves to control the game, which is plenty cool enough, but I still like my version.
Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…
…a giant power-generating kite! Seriously, a very cool and promising idea. I hope it flies. (Sorry.)
Photo of the Day: Cathedral of Commerce
More photos here. This is Richmond Centre, the big shopping mall just up the street from the hotel I’m in here in Richmond, B.C. Yeah, it’s just a shopping centre, but I thought this was a nice sunny space. (Might be a bit depressing in the rain, though.) The Second Cup where I’ve been doing …
Paging Dr. McCoy
In yet another sign we really do live in a world that we would have thought science fictional not so long ago, researchers at MIT have developed a simple biodegradable liquid that can stop bleeding in seconds. Among other things, this could cut (you’ll pardon the expression) surgery times in half. Also, if it pans …
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