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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Kelly bakes a cake (or two)
My wife is quite the cake baker. Caker? Caker baker? Whatever. She makes really awesome cakes. They not only look good, they taste good too (two qualities that are often mutually exclusive). The Spongebob cake was for our younger son’s … Continue reading
Started the outline of a new novel, and what that outline looks like
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve started outlining the sequel to The Sapphire Eye, called The Black Flame. It’s moving along at a decent clip for this kind of writing, and by this kind of writing I mean … Continue reading
Movie preview for Hubble 3D
Yeah, I know I’m showing my space science geekiness, but I’ve been following Hubble since the 1980s when it was being constructed. I remember it being plagued with problems, massively over budget, and when deployed the unthinkable was discovered — … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, astronomy, hubble, Imax, space science
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In which we find our hero at home with a sick kid
My stepson Anthony started throwing up around 1:00 am (good morning to you too! I hope you’ve had your coffee!). My wife Kelly was the one who got up to take care of him. I have a vague recollection of … Continue reading
Andromeda in infrared
Courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day, here is what the Andromeda Galaxy looks like in infrared. Click on the image below for the biggie view.
In which we find our hero in a really f$^#ing foul mood
This has been one of those days that can’t end soon enough, but I’m too wound up and generally pissed off at myself to even go to bed early. So I’m munching on a late-night bowl of Cocoa Krispies and … Continue reading
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E-readers apparently don’t cause eye strain
Or nearly as much strain as your mom told you. I always thought LCDs with progressive scan output and fast refresh rates eliminated much of the concern about “TV being bad for your eyes,” like I was constantly told when … Continue reading
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Tagged ereader, interlaced video, ipad, kindle, LCD, nook, progressive scan, refresh rate
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Your awesome astronomy picture of the day
This is a picture of the Rosette Nebula, courtesy of Astronomy Picture of the Day. For more information about the photograph, go here. For a full-sized version, go here or click on the image. Wouldn’t it be incredible to have … Continue reading
One of the greatest love songs of all time
Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes. The studio version was tremendous, but the live version is just tremendous x 10 with a big heap o’ awesome dumped on top for good measure. Happy Valentine’s Day. Enjoy.
I’ll be the guest author today on Twitter’s #scifichat
For those of you on Twitter, I’m scheduled to be the guest author today on #scifichat. What exactly is that, you ask? It’s a Twitter group organized by publisher David Rozansky of Flying Pen Press that gets together on Friday … Continue reading
