I’ve been remiss! Here are links to my last month’s worth of posts over at Futurismic (which now, by the way, is once more publishing science fiction!): A touchless computer interface Scientists create dynamic holographic display Star Wars meets Lara Croft on stage in Fight Girl Battle World The search for life on Europa begins …
I signed Marseguro for 2 1/2 hours at Smith Books in the Cornwall Centre on Friday, for two hours at Book & Brier on Saturday, and for two hours at Chapters on Sunday. Sold quite a few books, had some nice chats with people (not all of whom bought my book, the usual excuse being …
I often say that I majored in journalism and minored in art and emDungeons amp; Dragons/em in university. Damp;D, without a doubt, consumed the majority of my free time on weekends.br /br /I was therefore saddened to hear today that Gary Gygax, co-creator of Damp;D, a href=”http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8XyHnUHsOBoCofRxK-5waWoAGrAD8V6PL180″has died./a
I often say that I majored in journalism and minored in art and Dungeons & Dragons in university. D&D, without a doubt, consumed the majority of my free time on weekends. I was therefore saddened to hear today that Gary Gygax, co-creator of D&D, has died.
Download the audio version.Get my science column weekly as a podcast. To receive these columns weekly by email, just provide me with an email address at edward(at)edwardwillett.com or in comments. *** A few years ago, I wrote a children’s book on hemophilia, an inherited condition in which the blood fails to clot properly. Which meant …
And the winner of a signed copy of Marseguro for the fourth and final week of February is (drum roll, please): Andrew Jesse Heinsen of Colfax, Indiana. See, I told you you didn’t need to have a name that started with K to win! Thanks to everyone who participated. The give-away has been such a …
I may have to get me one of these. It’s a USB Speedometer that plugs into your computer and tells you how fast you’re typing in words per minute. And just like your car, it also has an odometer to show you how many words you’ve typed in a given day. On the other hand, …
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The Willetts on Wine.
I just discovered that my children’s biography of Jimi Hendrix for Enslow‘s American Rebels series, Jimi Hendrix: Kiss the Sky, is on the 2008 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers selection list, announced by the Young Adult Library Services Association at the American Library Association’s ALA Midwinter Meeting back in mid-January. The Quick Picks …
