Well! A Canadian satellite was scheduled for launch today, and I didn’t even know about it until it didn’t happen.
Reading Diary: July 9, 2004
I read a bit more in Red Thunder this week, but then got sidetracked by the newest issue of Locus Magazine, to which I devoted most of my morning-coffee-break-and-reading-time. My wife and I finished The Subtle Knife last knight and will be moving on to The Amber Spyglass. I read The Subtle Knife when it …
Writing Diary: July 9, 2004
I got in a good chunk of time on Excalibur Reforged yesterday, adding another Wally scene and rewriting part of an existing scene. I also had to clean up Chapter 1; it suddenly occurred to me yesterday, in one of those “D’oh!” moments, that the first time I wrote about Wally in the first draft …
Another reason to be glad I lost weight
This story makes me doubly glad my wife and I worked together to lose weight (30 pounds in her case, 50 in mine): it makes it less likely our daughter will have to battle as much bulging.
BlogSpot ads
I know, I know, every BlogSpot blogger blogs about it, but I got a kick out of the ads that have been appearing at the top of this page ever since I posted the column about where people think germs lurk: “Top Quality Toilet Seat: Toilet seat factory in Canton China Top Quality, Reasonable Price” …
Writing Diary: July 8, 2004
Not much writing yesterday; just a half hour or so at Starbucks with Excalibur Reforged, partly because I had to run other errands (a new, post-weight-loss column picture for the newspaper had to be taken, I had to go to the office supply store, etc.), partly because those darn chairs are just too uncomfortable. Starbucks …
Reading monkey’s minds…
…could ultimately lead to better thought-activated prosthesis for humans. And, presumably, for monkeys.
Writing Diary: July 6 7, 2004
A fairly productive couple of days. I lost some time yesterday morning to having to take my daughter for a checkup, and some today to hosting emRadio Dell’Arte/em, the arts program I co-host on a href=”http://www.cjtr.ca/”CJTR/a, Regina’s community radio station. (Read, volunteer station–no pay for the work, but it is fun, most of the time.) …
Writing Diary: July 6 & 7, 2004
A fairly productive couple of days. I lost some time yesterday morning to having to take my daughter for a checkup, and some today to hosting Radio Dell’Arte, the arts program I co-host on CJTR, Regina’s community radio station. (Read, volunteer station–no pay for the work, but it is fun, most of the time.) Yesterday, …
Ready to try for the prize!
It looks like SpaceShipOne is almost ready to try for the X-prize. I haven’t heard a peep out of the Da Vinci Project boys for a while…
Do you know where germs lurk?
I’m currently suffering my second cold of the spring and summer. Maybe that’s why a recent survey on germs caught my eye. It seems most people have a skewed perception of where germs really lurk in the environment. Since 80 percent of infectious diseases are spread through hand contact, that means many people may not …
The grandmother factor
The elderly played an important role in the success of early humanity. Nice to know as I approach my 45th birthday…because, you know, when your average Homo erectus was my age, he was dead.
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