So Sid's got me wondering if it would be quite insane to write, or at least publish, my NaNoWriMo effort over Twitter. It does have something going for it: the NaNoWriMo spirit is to sort of just bull straight ahead and get something done, and not worry about going back to edit or what-not. So it's a pretty serial sort of writing, which would be a ( Read more... )

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It's Halloween Party time!

That's right, it's annual, and the seventh year in a row! And like usual, I've very late in the written announcement. Perhaps the latest ever. Forgive me, I've been feeling sick, and, strangely, craving brains. Mmm... brains.

But there's still time to get your costume together!

I don't know enough people, so go drum up ( Read more... )

On screen: no more New Yankee Workshop.

A very sad day that will be, since it's basically the only good woodworking show around. There'll still be 21 seasons of reruns.

They say Norm will still be on This Old House, but they've gone so upscale he hardly has any work to do there anymore, and they certainly don't actually show you how to do anything ( Read more... )

On screen: Armadillo Aerospace completes Lunar Lander Challenge, Level 2

Way freakin' cool. I'm a couple days behind noticing this because I've been travelling, but it's probably news to a lot of people.

I'd rather go in body, but for the moment you can send your name to Mars on the Mars Science Laboratory.

The NFL and MLB both have teams named "Cardinals" and "Giants". Why on earth would they do this? Which came first ( Read more... )

On screen: it's educational!

Animated Engines

Causes of Color

On screen: "So, to sum up: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen is one of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema, if not the greatest. You could easily argue that cinema, as an artform, has all been leading up to this. It will destabilize your limbic system, probably forever, and make you doubt the solidity of your surroundings. "

The Galileoscope is now shipping; who would like to order one with me? (You could order one yourself, but there are some shipping discounts for multiple orders.) I think we had at least four interested the last time around. We'll be fairly late on the list, I should think, so they probably won't show up immediately.