The latest catalogue of the Canadian version of the Science Fiction Book Club arrived today, with Marseguro prominently featured atop one of the science fiction pages. Very nice! But I was a bit taken aback by that headline: “The first in a gripping new trilogy.” That’s very flattering, except, of course, I’ve only written two …
Today’s Willett of the Day is Allan Willett, who founded Willett International, an electronic coding and labelling system manufacturer that I’ve been running across for years while ego-Googling. I was pleased to discover this biography of him: Allan Willett was born in India in 1936. His father was a tea planter and a farmer in …
As a kid, I could never figure out what quarter-sections were. Eventually I learned it was equivalent to 160 acres, but why was it a quarter-section? A quarter-section of what? And where did that long string of numbers and letters used to describe it come from? Well, better late than never, they say, and now …
…here’s my name via Erik Kastner’s “Spell with flickr” app: Pretty cool! And to think kidnappers used to have to do this by cutting letters out of magazines.
No, I’m not featuring myself. This Edward Willett lived in the 19th century and wrote dime novels for Beadle and Adams, with titles like Alone on the Plains, or The She Eagle’s Vengeance (see the cover at right). I can’t find anything else out about him. He may also have written the rhymes for the …
Neuroscientists have found that a piano sonata played by a human being elicits stronger emotional responses than the same piece played by a computer: Senior research fellow in psychology [at the University of Susses] Dr Stefan Koelsch, who carried out the study with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences …
Here’s another Ed Willett, this one a noted cellist: Ed Willett earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Southern California School of Music in Los Angeles, California. He is a cellist, guitarist, composer, arranger, and vocalist. During his education at U.S.C., he studied with cellist Eleanor Schoenfeld. While in Los Angeles, he …
From the Globe and Mail: A group of Toronto researchers have compiled a body of evidence showing that bookworms have exceptionally strong people skills. Their years of research – summed up in the current issue of New Scientist magazine – has shown readers of narrative fiction scored higher on tests of empathy and social acumen …
Usually I think the Regina Leader Post does a pretty good job headlining my science column each week, but this week’s choice, for my column on high-tech cooking, is just weird: “Tips from a gadget inspector.“ Could have been worse, though. They could have titled it “Tips from Inspector Gadget.”
This is on one of the other Ed Willetts who keep popping up when I’m ego-Googling (egoogling?) myself: Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Chris Bowen MP, is pleased to announce the reappointment of Mr Ed Willett as a member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Mr Willett has …
…thanks to The Science Fiction TV Show Synopsis Generator: CH14 SAT 11:00AM CST: Dimension Three While being held captive by crablike aliens aboard a semi-organic spaceship, a homeless drifter whose living brain has been removed and attached to an electronic machine must make the ultimate sacrifice to save a friend’s life. (Via Paperback Writer.)
This explains why when I golf, the hole appears infinitesimal.
