You can see them a kilometer away. You notice the car driving a) slowly or b) erratically or c) both. And then you get closer…and can see the cellphone glued to the driver’s ear. Everyone pays lip service to the notion that cellphoning while driving is a bad idea…and yet some people still do it. …
…at McNally Robinson Bookstore, from Lost in Translation. 7 p.m. If you’re in the vicinity, come say hi! To my astonishment, I just discovered yesterday that McNally Robinson chose to put my picture (the same one you see over there in the left sidebar) in their ad for upcoming events at their stores in Winnipeg, …
Your hand-held miniaturized rapid-acting virus detector is ready. And it doesn’t look a thing like a salt shaker.
You know the Bible 100%! Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses – you know it all! You are fantastic! Ultimate Bible QuizCreate MySpace Quizzes (Via Marturia.net.)
Yep, today has been scientifically proven to be the unhappiest day of the year. So cheer up! It’s all uphill from here. Into a stiff breeze. On ice. On a bicycle.
The Proteus “spider-like go-fast boat.”
We don’t hear a lot about geothermal energy in discussions of alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources, but maybe that’s about to change: A comprehensive new MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy within the United States has found that mining the huge amounts of heat that reside as stored thermal energy in the Earth’s …
The cosy interior of the Hopkins Dining Parlour, located in a restored century-old house in downtown Moose Jaw. More photos here.
…of top search terms bringing people to edwardwillett.com over the last week or so. I suspect that’s because this ancient city was back in the news with new archaeological finds being announced. Here are the current leaders, with links to where they take you on the site: 75 hamoukar 39 time perception 28 curling rock …
…or lit-up Coke bottles on a kite? Whatever, people are reporting mysterious lights in the skies over Arkansas. (For the record, I went to university in Arkansas…but, alas, never saw any mysterious lights. And I’m the sort of guy who’d really love to see something like that. People like me never see these things.)
Turns out that report about tiny transmitters in Canadian coins wasn’t true. Guess I can take the tinfoil out of my pockets now and put it back on my head where it belongs.
Had I known of this personal submarine before I wrote my new novel set on a water planet, I might have used something like it in the story. Then again, now that I’ve gotten a good look at it…maybe not. (Via Gizmodo.)
