Popular Mechanics liveblogs NASA’s announcement of the plans to return to the moon…by 2020? My 10th birthday was July 20, 1969, the day Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. Even if NASA meets this date–a big IF–I’ll be 60, minimum, when we re-land on the moon. That just makes me feel…sad. Not to mention …
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Plot-o-matic!
Want to write a movie? Need a plot? No need to overheat your own tired neurons! The Plot-o-matic ™ movie plot generator is there for you! Witness this sure-fire blockbuster: A Star Too Far an original screenplay concept by Edward Willett Science Fiction: A war-hardened soldier teams up with a well-built female cyborg to win …
Blogging from Banff
Well,no, now that you mention it, I haven’t blogged today. That’s because I spent a large portion of the day in transit from Regina to Banff, where I’m attending the Writing With Style workshop in writing science fiction and fantasy being led by Robert J. Sawyer at the Banff Centre. This is the second time …
Major science award for Canadians
Two Canadian scientists, Ernest McCulloch and James Till of the Ontario Cancer Institute and the University of Toronto, have been jointly awarded a $50,000 U.S. prize from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation for their pioneering work in identifying stem cells. Congratulations!
Can you really use a wormhole for time travel?
Short answer: maybe.
Why do I blog thee? Let me count the ways…
So who needs a psychiatrist: For nearly half of 600 bloggers surveyed, blogging is a form of therapy, America Online said Friday, referring to research conducted by Digital Marketing Services….About 31 percent of bloggers said that, in times of high anxiety, instead of seeking any counseling, they either write in their blogs or read blogs …
The (re)turn of the screw
A man named Kenneth LeVey has re-invented the screw…and probably given me next week’s science column! (Via Transterrestrial Musings.) It’s a perfect example of “build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” Everyone knew screws weren’t perfect, but they were so cheap and ubiquitous that no one ever got …
The street where we live
2005_09_13 036 Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. Here’s the view down the sidewalk in front of our condominium complex, on a glorious late-summer/early-fall (the leaves are turning, but it’s not officially autumn yet) day in Regina.
The world’s smallest mobile robot
Researchers at Dartmouth University have created the world’s smallest untethered, controllable robot: about as wide as a strand of hair, and half the length of, say, a period in 12-point Times New Roman. Or, to put it another way, about 200 of them could fit in line across a plaine M&M–even more across a peanut …
Unchanging rooftops
rooftops Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. This photo tickles me because there is nothing in it that could not have been seen in just this way 75 years ago. That’s the Hotel Saskatchewan in the background and Blessed Sacrament Church in the foreground; both bits of old Regina still preserved in new Regina.
Upon reflection…
reflections Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. Often when I activate my photographer’s eye, I see abstract patterns that capture my fancy–like this one, a reflection of the windows of one office building in the windows of another.
Contrasts
oldnew Originally uploaded by Edward Willett. I like the contrast between old and new in this photo from downtown Regina.
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