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…and in related news, odd rumbling sounds are heard from Lord Nelson’s grave.

…all us writers, anyway. Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, had his laptop computer stolen–containing the first 50 pages of his new novel, which he had not backed up. D’oh!

I haven’t kept this up as well as I’d hoped, but I’m back again with another thrill-a-minute report on What I’m Reading. I finished off the latest Locus–that always goes to the top of the pile–this week, and am still reading The Gilded Chain by Dave Duncan. I still can’t believe I managed to buy …

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The CBC reports on an “arts invasion” of a building a short distance from where I live. Apparently, this neighborhood is deteriorating. You’d think I’d have noticed.

A belated writing diary for Thursday and Friday. Both days, worked on Science Centre project; Thursday, accomplished little, Friday, finally got a handle on it and at least outlined it (“it” being a comic-strip script pertaining to sustainable communities) to the end; now I just have to finish fleshing it out. Both days also saw …

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A belated writing diary for Thursday and Friday. Both days, worked on Science Centre project; Thursday, accomplished little, Friday, finally got a handle on it and at least outlined it (“it” being a comic-strip script pertaining to sustainable communities) to the end; now I just have to finish fleshing it out. br / br /Both …

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…but here’s a report from a couple of days ago of the successful teleportation of particles of light over a distance of 600m across the River Danube in Austria.

This is one of the stupidest Olympic-related stories I’ve read yet. An athlete can’t blog about her (or his) Olympic experiences because the IOC says so? Stupid, short-sighted, dumb and offensive–that just about covers it.

Jim Carrey isn’t in sight, and it seems unlikely this 2,400-year-old golden mask is going to have mystical powers…but you never know.

Helicopter stunt pilots have been recruited to catch a falling stardust probe for NASA next month. Should be a nailbiting time for all involved; I hope it’s on TV!

Why indeed? Duncan Steel, writing in the Guardian, says, “No good reason.” (Note yet another Star Trek tie-in…)

Nobody mentions Star Trek, nobody mentions holodeck’s, but these smart tiles allow you to stroll naturally through a virtual world while really remaining in one place.