…and then promptly killed it.
Maybe I’m just a contrarian, but…
…when people start preaching inevitable doom and gloom climate-wise due to global warming, it puts my back up. Yet, when people try to tell me there is no such thing as climate change, it annoys me just as much. Where’s a middle-of-the-road, yes-there’s-a-problem-but-it-ain’t-the-end-of-the-world-yet kind of guy to do? Turns out there’s a whole middle ground …
You go, professor!
Stephen Hawking is planning a trip into space for 2009, courtesy of Richard Branson at Virgin Galactic. I can’t think of anyone who deserves a free trip more.
Football overtakes flying reindeer…
…as seasonal search terms start to fade among those bringing people to edwardwillett.com. Here are the top 15 as of today, with links to where they lead: 35 physics of football 0.9% 35 how to make french fries 0.9% 28 flying reindeer 0.7% 27 hamoukar 0.7% 25 wine glasses 0.6% 24 time perception 0.6% 24 …
The Devil’s Publishing Dictionary
Paperback Writer is a blog by multi-pseudonymous writer S.L. Viehl that I’ve missed until now which suddenly (for obvious reasons, now that I have one book in paperback and another at the publisher’s) has great resonance with me. Particularly these two posts, the Devil’s Publishing Dictionary parts one and two. Many funny entries. Among my …
Self-cleaning underwear…
…goes weeks without washing, hygenically.
Gradatim ferociter revisited
It’s a funny thing, this Web we weave. I was startled today to see visits to this blog suddenly jumping up from the usual 30 or so a day to (at last count) 260. The last time something like this happened was when Kate at small dead animals linked to a column on curling. So …
Wow!
Check out these spectacular images of Saturn and environs just released by the Cassini team.
Filtering out and killing cancer cells…
…and harvesting stem cells at the same time. This sounds like very promising technology!
Theatrical lighting that adjusts itself…
…to the mood of the performers and the audience. Sounds like a bad idea to me. If the show stunk, the mood of the audience would give you a black-out on stage and full lights in the house, the better to illuminate the exits. And as for letting the mood of the performers alter the …
Planetary defense for dummies?
Did you know there’s a book called An Introduction to Planetary Defense: A Study of Modern Warfare Applied to Extra-Terrestrial Invasion? I didn’t! I hope it doesn’t involve Will Smith as a fighter pilot and a computer virus that somehow infects completely alien computer systems… (Via Instapundit.)
What should I call my new novel?
I didn’t get any comments in response to my posted question about possible titles, so let’s try…a poll! Besides, I’ve been dying to have a poll on my blog just like all the other bloggers. (Peer pressure: not just for high school any more!) So vote: What title should I put on my new book? …
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