Today is Monday–science column today. Today’s column was all about germs, and where they really lurk, as opposed to where people think they lurk; a recent study by “Dr. Germ” tells all. Details tomorrow when I post the column itself. That done, it was off to Second Cup for an hour with Excalibur Reforged; today …
From The Globe and Mail: Yes, as the tributes have insisted, Brando was indeed an American icon, but that cliché needs dusting off too, and then re-examined in all its paradoxical wonder. Because, ultimately, Marlon Brando seems as complex and as simple as the country that revered and reviled him — so perceptive and so …
…but just a taste of what we can expect as the Cassini-Huygens mission continues.
I’ve just updated the SF Canada Web site; the Summer 2004 “issue” features an interview with agent Donald Maass by Celu Amberstone and a short-short fantasy story by Matthew Hughes. Check it out!
They’re from 200,000 miles out, but they’re far better than anything taken before. No sign of the telltale glint of liquid on the surface, though, that scientists were expecting. Stay tuned–there are many, many more flybys of Titan to come, including one at just 745 miles distance in October–and, of course, the Huygens probe will …
A tiny, under-the-skin sensor that can continuously monitor blood sugar levels is in the works: this could be great news for diabetics.
My wife and I continue to read The Subtle Knife; we’ll probably finish that up over the weekend and move on to the final book in the trilogy. After that, in probably another month or six weeks, I think we’re headed for Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men. On my own, I finished the latest …
Not much writing today; it’s not exactly a long weekend, but my wife took the afternoon off (lots of people took the day off!) and we went to see latest Harry Potter flick. Our favorite of the three, and the book was probably our favorite of all five so far. Afterward, I did get in …
All the attention is on Cassini and the Mars Rovers these days, but there’s another interesting spacecraft about to be launched, whose focus is good ol’ Mother Earth.
Yesterday felt quite productive, mainly because I finished up and sent off my proposal for the genetics book–which, I found out today, “sailed through” the pre-Editorial meeting at the publisher, which, in turn, means I can probably expect a contract offer in a few more days. Yay! br / br /I also plugged away at …
Yesterday felt quite productive, mainly because I finished up and sent off my proposal for the genetics book–which, I found out today, “sailed through” the pre-Editorial meeting at the publisher, which, in turn, means I can probably expect a contract offer in a few more days. Yay! I also plugged away at Excalibur Reforged, of …
Yep, it’s mind-blowing, all right.
