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Not enough readers, not enough time: the end of my regular science column (for real, this time)

All right, this time it’s for real: I’m pulling the plug on my weekly science column (I haven’t written one for about a month anyway). And it’s all MailChimp’s fault. MailChimp is actually a great way to send out nicely formatted HTML newsletters, and I’m very glad to use it for that purpose. However, MailChimp …

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2012 through the first lines of my blog

A quick meme for today, which I picked up from Norman Geras: the first lines of the first blog posts for each month of 2012…which in my case tend to be science columns! When the first post happened to be one of my Saturday Specials, where I posted some bit of the many different types …

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I wish I were James Lileks

Who, you may ask? If so, well, you’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Go here, and explore. I’ll wait. <thumb-twiddling>Dum-de-dum-de-dum-de-dum.</thumb-twiddling> Back? OK, now I’ll explain. I discovered Lileks several years ago now, when someone pointed to the original Interior Desecrators portion of his website, where he made hilarious fun of the horrible …

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The conspiracy of inanimate objects

I have come to the inescapable conclusion, over my half-century of life, that there exists, within the world of inanimate objects, a conspiracy; a conspiracy to make my life as inconvenient as possible. Let is examine the evidence. Cables tangle when I’m around, and wrap themselves around other objects that fly off shelves or out …

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And we’re off! 2011 and beyond…

So…Happy New Year! If you’re going to build readership on a blog, you have to post regularly. Everyone knows that. I know it; you know it. And periodically I’ve attempted it, never with any great success. But you know what? Hope springs eternal, and with the start of a new year, I’ve got another chance …

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The end of an era: no more science columns

Way back in 1989, when I was communications officer of the Saskatchewan Science Centre, I began writing a science column. It appeared in the free-circulation weekend paper published by the Regina LeaderPost, the Sunday Sun, and I also did a version of it on CBC Radio’s Afternoon Edition, hosted by Colin Grewar. At first, the …

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I’ve now got an author’s page on Amazon!

Author Central, the author’s service on Amazon, is still in beta, but it’s expanding, and I’ve now got my own author’s page. Check it out! It’s a great place to find all my books listed in one hand-dandy location. Be the first on your block to collect them all! (Hey, that approach works for toy-stuffed …

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A mini-review of Marseguro…

…has shown up at the blog Strategist’s Personal Library. Here’s the most important bit: All of the characters here have well thought out motivations and there’s excellent characterization. I liked that even the protagonists are flawed in some way. This isn’t black vs. white there are shades of gray. Lots of ethical decisions to be made …

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Recent Futurismic posts

My posting at Futurismic continues to be sporadic, but I do manage a few, and it does tend to be where I put the science-related stuff (except for my column) I used to post here. Here’s a round-up of my most recent Futurismic stuff: Do newspapers have a future? Is Twitter a threat to morality …

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Welcome to the new, improved edwardwillett.com!

For a long, long time I’ve wanted to consolidate the bulk of my web activities under my main domain name, edwardwillett.com. After experimentation and thought, I finally decided WordPress was the logical way to go…and that I needed professional help. (No wise cracks, please!) At just about the time I came to that conclusion, Justine …

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A round-up of my recent Futurismic posts

Here are links to what I’ve posted over at Futurismic in the last month or so: Never mind Darwin: hockey players as religious icons Chessmen that debate every move You are reading Futurismic. You find a post about how you imagine the events described in narratives… A new use for social networking technology: examining patents …

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My recent Futurismic posts

I’ve managed to post more regularly to Futurismic in the last little while, so I thought I’d provide some links to what I’ve recently put up over there, should you be looking for more cool-tech-and-science blogging: Life-size telepresence robots make their appearance Universal Robots take over the world…on stage MIT researchers create cheap “sixth-sense” ubiquitous …

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