And no, this isn’t some kind of religious miracle. Richard Branson plans to begin offering sub-orbital flights for 110,000 pounds in 2007, working eventually toward orbital flights and a space hotel.
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Zero-G fun
This sounds like a blast–until I remember I get queasy on merry-go-rounds.
Writing Diary: September 24, 2004
Sent out an old manuscript, my YA SF novel Star Song, to a couple of fresh markets today; that took up some time. Also had some design work to do for the poster for We’ll Meet Again, the show I’m directing. And also worked on Excalibur Reforged; yesterday I spent most of my writing time …
Da Vinci Project launch delayed
The pressure’s on! The Da Vinci Project’s X-Prize launch has been delayed.
Bacteria-killing nanocarpet
!This is wild. University of Pittsburgh researchers have synthesized a simple molecule that produced uniform, self-assembled nanotubes that form a “nanocarpet” that can be trained to change color in the presence of various bacteria–and then kill them!
Give your eyes a workout
No, it’s not animated. Excuse me while I go lie down for a while.
Writing Diary: September 22, 2004
Did a bunch of Web site work today, adding all my old arts columns to the site and making sure they all had Google Ads on them (because you know what? I’m actually making money with those things! Not a lot, but enough to cover lattes…) Then this afternoon I worked on Excalibur Reforged for …
A picture-perfect end to summer in Regina
This is the park just north of our condo in Regina, on the last day of summer.
The little rovers who could
The Mars Rovers have had their missions extended by six months after making it through the Martian winter solstice. Quite an astonishing success story…
Writing & Reading Diary: September 21, 2004
Well, I’ve been a bit lax in posting my writing and reading diaries. (Sound of one hand slapping the back of the other.) There. That’ll teach me. In any event, yesterday and today (and last week) I worked on Excalibur Reforged. I’m now doing line by line rewriting and rethinking, a slow but enjoyable process; …
Writing Reading Diary: September 21, 2004
Well, I’ve been a bit lax in posting my writing and reading diaries. (Sound of one hand slapping the back of the other.) There. That’ll teach me. br / br /In any event, yesterday and today (and last week) I worked on emExcalibur Reforged/em. I’m now doing line by line rewriting and rethinking, a slow …
It’s déjà vu all over again…
It’s the strangest mental phenomena most of us ever experience: the feeling that we’ve already done or seen something that we’re really doing or seeing for the first time. It’s called “déjà vu,” French for “already seen,” and although nobody doubts it exists–surveys indicate that about two-thirds of adults have had at least one déjà …
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