This morning I went to give blood for the testing. The worst part was to remember not to eat or drink anything but water for 12 hours since I usually do at least drink a lot of tea, especially in the morning. But since I went to Campus Health I decided to also do the vaccinations. I got flu one in one arm and pneumococcus in another. Now they both ( Read more... )

It looks like our ancestors not only had sex with neanderthals but kept having offspring with other apes as long as they could. Even after the split between different lines of apes (humans/chimpanzees and earlier humans&chimps/gorillas) the interbreeding between the lines continued for a while. This is one of the first things that came from finally ( Read more... )

I've seen many amazing things but I'm still sorting through the evidence so my first post is going to go through some of the interesting things that happened when I was away.

The Nebulas were awarded last weekend:

Novel
Among Others by Jo Walton (Tor)

Novella
The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (Asimov’s, October/November 2011)

Novelette
What We ( Read more... )

I just became eligible for phone upgrade so I decided it's time to finally get a smartphone and I did. Before I decided which phone I want I thought about which OS I want. I already know I like Android because I have a tablet. I though about Windows phone but the platform is new and has little support outside Microsoft (yet). So I decided to see if ( Read more... )

Steve Jobs died today. He was fighting with pancreatic cancer since 2004 and this time he lost. This is someone who change the world and not just once but several times. I have my problems with some of the Apple policies but I was always impressed with his creativity and ability to start anew and make something great. So thank you for Apple, Pixar ( Read more... )

The blurb for the Ian Cameron Esselmont's Orb Sceptre Throne has been released. It's just a couple months away (at least in UK) and it such a relief to know I'm not completely deprived of Malazan books yet.

Darujhistan, city of dreams, city of blue flames, is peaceful at last; its citizens free to return to politicking, bickering, trading and, ( Read more... )

I have a new toy. It's pretty and shiny and I love it.

I bought myself Archos 101 tablet.

I planned to buy it for several months now. At first I hoped to get it for my birthday in October but it was delayed. Then I tried for Christmas but it kept being unavailable due to high demand. I managed to get one from Amazon before it got sold out again. And ( Read more... )

Yesterday all the sites of Gawker Media started showing warnings about hacker attack on their servers that led to stealing passwords to the users commenting accounts. They are asking people to change their passwords on their and any other site they use same password (especially if they use the same username). The passwords were coded but now that ( Read more... )

Ian Cameron Esselmont's 3rd Malazan Empire book Stonewielder is already out in UK. It'll be available in US in May but I already started to read it :D

I wasn't a fan of e-books. Reading from the screen is tiring in the long haul and I have problem with concentrating on the plot. I spend enough time staring at the computer screen already and I know ( Read more... )

After two days it's finally stopped raining. The weather actually reminds me of home firstly because that's what Polish autumn often looks like, secondly because that's how it was in Poland for almost all my stay last time I was there few weeks ago. But at home I was too busy with family and friends to care about the weather (although I was hoping ( Read more... )