NASA is working on an early version of what may one day evolve into a main ship computer rather like those on the various Star Trek vessels.
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More signs of Martian water
Spirit finds more tantalizing hints that there may have been more water in the area of its landing site on Mars than previously thought.
Writing Diary: August 18, 2004
Well, I blogged up a storm yesterday, and added nothing today until now. Such is bloglife. A rather disjointed day, writing-wise. This was Radio Dell’Arte day on CJTR, and today, as noted, we played the Arrogant Worms and talked about science fiction. Fun, but also non-paying. I walked to the studio but got a ride …
Writing Diary: August 17, 2004
A pretty good day today. The column took longer to edit down than usual, for some reason–too much good information I didn’t want to lose, I guess. I also got in a good hour on Death Tide, this time working at Starbucks, since I wanted to go down to that end of town anyway to …
Xerography
If you’re like me, not a day goes by that you don’t either photocopy, receive a fax, or print on a laser printer. In each case you’re using xerography (“dry writing”), one of the most remarkable inventions of the 20th century–and a technology we might not have if not for the dogged perseverance of its …
I have a bestseller…
…of a sort. Doing an egoogle (that’s where you put your own name into Google; I just made it up–think it will catch on?) today (because it beats working), I discovered that Spirit Singer is currently the number five bestseller for teens at eReader.com, the ebookstore for Palm users. It ain’t the New York Times …
ESA to study suspended animation
Science fiction stories have used the concept for decades to get around the long travel times to even the nearest stars; now the European Space Agency is planning serious research into suspended animation.
Studying? We don’t need no steenking studying…
In honor of the many hundreds of hours of my college years that I spent on fantastical quests instead of studying, I point you to this interview with Gary Gygax, the father of Dungeons and Dragons, on the occasion of the game’s 30th anniversary.
SF’s religious roots
Here’s an interesting article from the United Church Observer about the religious roots of science fiction.
Spider’s account
While many of us were having a good time at ConVersion in Calgary, the Canadian Guest of Honor, Spider Robinson…wasn’t.
Writing Diary: August 16, 2004
Back at work today after ten days’ break, and it’s a Monday, so today’s main writing task was the weekly science column. Today’s topic: xerography. It was 45 years ago that both I and the modern photocopying era were born, although the two things have nothing to do with each other–I assure you, I am …
If it’s good enough for Wired…
…should it be good enough for me? Wired has decided that henceforth, the Internet will be the internet, the Web will be the web, and the Net will be the net. Wired should know, I guess. They argue that these things are simply types of media, and just as we don’t capitalize radio, television or …
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