The reports are coming in. They’ve found something that might be the Higgs boson–the “God Particle.” This is really pretty exciting, or at least pretty damned interesting. All by itself it doesn’t mean much yet, of course. In fact, what they have right now would seem to open up a lot more questions than it […]
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Instapaper: Worth a Try
I found this link to Instapaper in an article Vera Nazarian posted a few days back. Tried it, and it seems to work really well. A great add-on for e-readers if you’re so inclined to want to read longer stuff away from the PC. Highly recommended. # Down to the last ten pages of the […]
Read More ...You’ve Got a Lot of Books, or Welcome to Our Version of Bookshelf Porn
Good morning at the keyboard. Completed the first draft of what I’m calling the Golf Ball story, though there is no way in heck that title will remain. Also made my way through about the first third of it as a line-edit. I expect the back half will need a bit more of a face-lift […]
Read More ...Target Probably Knows More About Me Than I Do
Lisa and I were talking as we walked back from the Health Club this noontime. This fits our morning process on weekend days anymore, BTW, I write (or race) or whatever in the early morning, then we walk the mile and a half to the Health Club. We work out for an hour or so, […]
Read More ...Top 10 Things About Today
Top 10 things that made today great: 1 – Lisa made frapuccinos 2 – Wrote for several hours. Story pretty much done. I think I like it. [grin] 3 – Raced on the internet … set new Personal Best 4 – Received the Greatest FollowEver on Twitter. As far as I’m concerned, anyway. 5 – […]
Read More ...The Last Four Pages
If you’ve been following my highly sporadic twitter feed, you’ll know that I’m drawing near the end of a rewrite of one of my novel-length works. I have new plans for it given this modern age, so I’ve been going through and reworking it. And if you’ve been listening to my tweets you know that […]
Read More ...Technology in Sports
There will come a time when technology will replace humans, and I’m guessing it will be because rabid fans get fed up with losing big games on bad calls. That day is not today, but it’s coming. It’s been coming ever since the very first instant replay system was put in place back in the […]
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