…penned by automotive blogger Sam Barer: Chrysler – Beauty might be skin deep, but our inept dealer network is nationwide. Dodge – Sucking the world’s oil supply dry one Hemi at a time. Ferrari – Pretty cars helping to lure pretty chicks Ford – Survival is job one GMC — The best work trucks for …
I don’t read French, but I know an Astounding, Astonishing and Amazing collection of cover art from the great age of pulp science fiction magazines when I see one. (Via Centauri Dreams.)
…is “here”. (Via Books, Words, and Writing.)
In Japan, there’s a new robot that can identify wines and cheeses. At the end of the robot’s left arm is an infrared spectrometer. When objects are placed up against the sensor, the robot fires off a beam of infrared light. The reflected light is then analyzed in real time to determine the object’s chemical …
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…was one of the books that I loved as a kid, one of the books that really solidified my love of science fiction. I devoured everything I could find by Andre Norton after that. Boy, does that cover art bring back memories. J. G. Stinson, who must be about my age, had the same experience. …
“But what if we don’t stay here forever?” her father said, his voice soft, but intense. Current word count: 11,757New words this session: 1,305Percentage of novel completed: 11.7
Rebel astronomers fight back against the attempt to strip Pluto of planethood.
All 79 episodes of the original series of Star Trek are being digitally enhanced, with improved special effects, spaceships and alien landscapes and re-mastered sound: you’ll even be able to watch them in high definition. And they’ll be heading into syndication again in honor of the series’ 40th anniversary. Woo-hoo! (Via SF Signal.)
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This sounds like good news: A 25-year quest to identify the first biochemical step that many disease-causing bacteria use to build their membranes has led to a discovery that holds promise for effective, new antibiotics against these bacteria, according to investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The finding is significant because the biochemical step …
The meeting with her parents didn’t go at all as Emily had anticipated. Current word count: 10,452New words this session: 1,236Percentage of novel completed: 10.4 I’m more than 10 percent of the way to my 100,000 words! Of course, at this point most of what I’ve written feels like crap to me, but one simply …
