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As you know, I was underwhelmed by what I have seen of the new Sony eReader. So is Robert J. Sawyer, for reasons I agree with. Thus far, he prefers his PDA…as do I (well, actually I prefer my own PDA, but you know what I mean).

You would think, Chris Keating thought as he lay on the thinly padded bed that was the only furnishing of note in his cell in the Hansen’s Harbor Criminal Detention Center, that almost having my head blown off on the pier by an enraged Selkie would be enough to convince the Grand Deacon I’m on …

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I’ve blogged before about the 19th-century writer Edward Willett (just one in a long line of Edward Willetts that have included pewterers, innkeepers, and other interesting people over the centuries). On a whim I did a book search on Google. None of his books turned up fully digitized, but I did find the poem at …

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“Stellar vampires unmasked.”

…in Neil Armstrong’s famous quote when he became the first human to set foot on the moon may have been solved.

For one heart-stopping moment of sheer terror, Emily stood in utter blackness. Current word count: 36,806New words this session: 1,377Percentage of novel completed: 36.8

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…of popular search words that bring people to my main website. Here are the top 15 search terms (if I remember, I’ll make this a Friday feature from now on, just to put it on some kind of schedule): 34 spider goat 0.9% 31 animal intelligence 0.8% 23 hygiene hypothesis 0.6% 22 time perception 0.6% …

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REsearchers have developed a single-molecule transistor, called the Quantum Interference Effect Transistor. I love this quote: “With our transistors packed at maximum density, you could put a microprocessor as powerful as the top-of-the-line workstation on the back of an E. coli.”

…as I prepare to travel to Vancouver for the science fiction convention VCon: A common cold can be just a fingertip away thanks to the high rate of viral contamination of environmental surfaces that a cold sufferer can leave behind, according to a study in hotel rooms… During daily activities, adults infected with the cold …

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From the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild e-bulletin: We are very sad to announce that Isabelle Eaglesham passed away on September 23. Isabelle belonged to the Saskatchewan Writers Guild from its inception. A founding member of the Weyburn Writers Group, she and another local member, the late Kay Flury, travelled to the founding meeting of the SWG. …

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