A tiny, under-the-skin sensor that can continuously monitor blood sugar levels is in the works: this could be great news for diabetics.
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Reading Diary: July 2, 2004
My wife and I continue to read The Subtle Knife; we’ll probably finish that up over the weekend and move on to the final book in the trilogy. After that, in probably another month or six weeks, I think we’re headed for Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men. On my own, I finished the latest …
Writing Diary: July 2, 2004
Not much writing today; it’s not exactly a long weekend, but my wife took the afternoon off (lots of people took the day off!) and we went to see latest Harry Potter flick. Our favorite of the three, and the book was probably our favorite of all five so far. Afterward, I did get in …
Meanwhile, back here on Earth…
All the attention is on Cassini and the Mars Rovers these days, but there’s another interesting spacecraft about to be launched, whose focus is good ol’ Mother Earth.
Writing Diary: June 30 & July 1, 2004
Yesterday felt quite productive, mainly because I finished up and sent off my proposal for the genetics book–which, I found out today, “sailed through” the pre-Editorial meeting at the publisher, which, in turn, means I can probably expect a contract offer in a few more days. Yay! I also plugged away at Excalibur Reforged, of …
Writing Diary: June 30 July 1, 2004
Yesterday felt quite productive, mainly because I finished up and sent off my proposal for the genetics book–which, I found out today, “sailed through” the pre-Editorial meeting at the publisher, which, in turn, means I can probably expect a contract offer in a few more days. Yay! br / br /I also plugged away at …
Cassini made it!
Yep, it’s mind-blowing, all right.
Leeches are your friends!
At least, medicinal leeches are. The ones clinging to your legs after you go swimming in a prairie slough…maybe not.
Writing Diary: June 29, 2004
A productive day, I think–I sent off the genetics book proposal, and hope to have good news on that front shortly. I prepared my science column and sent it to the newspaper and posted it to the blog (scroll down). And I got in another good hour and a half or so on the novel. …
Whatever happened to virtual reality?
Whatever happened to virtual reality? In the 1980s, we were assured it was just around the corner–computer-generated worlds indistinguishable from reality, like the holodeck from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Virtual reality (VR) first popped into the headlines in the late 1980s because computing power–and the ability of computers to create realistic-looking images–had reached a …
A space elevator in 15 years?
Looks like the Associated Press is reading Discover Magazine, since this story about space elevators is practically just a precis of the Discover cover story on the topic, but, hey! It’s a great idea, and can use all the publicity it can get. I say, build that sucker!
June 28, 2004: Writing Diary
This being Monday, I had to devote a couple of hours to preparing my science column for the week. The column starts off at about 1,300 words for CBC Radio; then I edit it down to 750 words for my e-mail subscribers and the Red Deer Advocate; then I edit it down to about 470 …
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