From Scientific American: Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a new, carbon-neutral way to convert vegetable-based fuels to syngas, a breakthrough that could allow producers to power hydrogen fuel cells or create a replacement for America’s dwindling supplies of natural gas, all without relying on fossil fuels. Read the rest. (Via Transterrestrial Musings.)
From the “things I found in my mother-in-law’s house” series, this tiny totem pole is labeled, “Made in Canada by Ellen Neel and the Totem Carvers – Kwakiutl Indians.” It may be one of the 5,000 tiny totem poles Ellen Neel and the Totem Carvers once made for the Hudson Bay Company. Then again, it …
“BPS Sanctification to approaching vessel,” Chris Keating said into the microphone of the headset he’d worn since the ship’s computer had announced that another Holy Warrior vessel had entered the system.Current word count: 77,775New words this session: 2,511Percentage of novel completed: 77.7 I wrote more words than it looks like today; once again I backed …
…bringing people to my main website, a.k.a. Edward Willett’s Intergalactic Library. Good old “spider goats” are still on there, but the last batch of results shows that “time perception” has a commanding lead, with “physics of football” second. New to the list is one I don’t think I’ve seen before: “corpse-flower grower”. Here are the …
…become a reality, courtesy of Samsung and Korea University. Just a little scary, don’t you think? (Via Gizmodo.)
More photos here.
After disconnecting, Chris sat in shuddering fury for a few seconds, then exploded out of the communications room and went zooming down the ship’s central shaft, zero-G suiting his mood more than the lunar-G environs of the rotating outer hull.Current word count: 75,264New words this session: 3,278Percentage of novel completed: 75.2 And so we pass …
From my new photo series, “Things I Found in My Mother-in-Law’s House.” The bottom of this handsome bear says “Hand Carved by Kadian Crafts, Canada.” More photos here.
Chris Keating spent the first couple of hours of his time on board the BPS Sanctification being shouted at by various Holy Warriors of increasing rank, but soon enough they were all too sick to shout. Current word count: 71,986New words this session: 2,366Percentage of novel completed: 71.9 Two sessions again today, but not as …
Turns out it also kills cancer.
…comes from Jethric’s Mess. Jethric summarizes the plot, then says: It’s a wellwritten book that surprised me in a number of ways. Willett does a wonderful job of bringing his characters alive for the reader, getting you interested in them, and having them do amazing things for all the right reasons. Having commented before on …
Just under the Hallowe’en wire, here’s “Scary Sam,” our jack-o-lantern. More photos here.
