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Record meteorite hit Norway Wednesday
Just a little one, only equivalent in force to the Hiroshima bomb. UPDATE: Here’s a follow-up post.
Better him than me
From Wired:“Brian Walker plans to shoot himself nearly 20 miles into the air aboard a homemade rocket launched from what could be the world’s largest crossbow.” He thinks it could start a whole new sport of extreme skydiving. Personally, I think I’ll just watch.
Typing BONJOUR is no big deal…
…unless you do it without touching the keyboard.
And while we’re on the topic of the upcoming paperback of Lost in Translation…
…Robert J. Sawyer has provided a blurb for the cover: “This book has it all: great aliens, brilliant world-building, a breakneck plot, and a message that resonates with our times. Edward Willett has arrived, and SF is the richer for it.” — Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids Hard to ask for anything …
And the cover artist for the paperback of my novel Lost in Translation is…
…Steve Stone. I couldn’t be happier. I love his work. I’m told I’ll see a cover proof (and page proofs) in the next week or two. I can’t wait to see what he’s come up with! The link above goes to his portfolio on his representative’s website, by the way; Steve Stone’s home website is …
Photo of the Day: Moon (and Jupiter) over Regina
More photos here.
This should annoy all the right people
J.K. Rowling has been voted the greatest living British author. Better yet, Terry Pratchett came second. I would have put Pratchett first, but two fantasy authors leading the pack? I’ll take it.
Physicists probe the fifth dimension
No, not the old singing group.
Photo of the Day: Regina Bike Path
More photos here.
Is it raining aliens?
In August of 2000, a shower of dead fish fell onto Great Yarmouth after a thunderstorm. Live toads dropped on a Mexican town back in 1997. And quite frequently, dust in the air produces colored rain, like the red-tinted rain that dropped fine grit from the Sahara over southern England in 1968. In 2001, then, …
Ancient Greek mechanism an astronomy computer
How have I lived for (almost) 47 years without reading anything about the Antikythera Mechanism? New research seems to confirm that it is the world’s oldest surviving astronomy computer and may rewrite our understanding of just how technically capable the Greeks were.
My latest live walk and vlog
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