…become a reality, courtesy of Samsung and Korea University. Just a little scary, don’t you think? (Via Gizmodo.)
Photo of the Day: Autumn Shadows
More photos here.
The first sentence I wrote today…
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 …
Photo of the Day: The Bear
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.
The first sentence I wrote today…
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 …
Antimatter: not just for powering warp drives any more
Turns out it also kills cancer.
A favorable blog mention for Lost in Translation…
…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 …
Photo of the Day: Boo!
Just under the Hallowe’en wire, here’s “Scary Sam,” our jack-o-lantern. More photos here.
Photo of the (Yester)Day: Mountain Morning
A final photo from Banff (well, this trip to Banff). After the snowfall on Sunday, Monday dawned bright and beautiful. More photos here. (Fresh ones soon!)
The first sentence I wrote today…
From one prison to another, Richard thought, surveying the bare and barely-big-enough-to-stretch-out-in cabin/cubicle in which he’d been locked on board the Selkie sub. Current word count: 69,620New words this session: 3,467Percentage of novel completed: 69.2 Two sessions today, hence the increased verbiage. I need to push through to the end of the first draft, so …
The truth about terroir
If there was a theme to this year’s Wine and Food Festival at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, from which my wife and I just returned (feeling very well wined and dined indeed, thank you very much) it was terroir. Terroir is a French word which has no English equivalent (and the French like it …
Photo of the Day: Black-and-White Banff*
More photos here. *Actually, this is a colour photo. But you’d be hard-pressed to tell it at first glance.
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