I think my computer has gone insane. It was scrolling to the bottom of every page in any program I opened in Windows, so I switched over to Linux (I have a dual boot right now) and rather than doing that, it is randomly opening tabs. I suspect that what’s actually happening is a potential […]
There are times when explaining things doesn’t work and you just have to witness it for yourself. This is the ambient sound at my apartment today. [audio:loudparade.mp3] Bear in mind that all my windows are closed and we have no walls that face the street. Edited to add: “After listening to this, record the ambient
09:14 To cleanse my palate from last night’s debate, I am going to buy an everything bagel and read some slush. # 09:46 Mm. Bagels hot out of the oven are a gift from heaven. # 20:08 Rob is making chocolate bran muffins with chocolate chips and dried tart cherries. The bran let’s us think
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Last night I went to bed about twenty minutes after Rob. Normally, he would still be awake, but last night I could tell by the sound of his breathing that he was deeply asleep. The winery tires him out during harvest because it’s all hard physical labor and extremely long hours. He was sprawled across
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17:17 I’m doing paper-mache rocks now. # 19:55 Trying to decide if I should watch the VP debate at home or keep working & listen here. Either way, it’ll be streaming. At home I can drink. # 20:33 I’ve decided to go home so I can listen to the debate with Rob. # 22:03 God.
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So, this has been busy week as you probably guessed from the dearth of posts with original content. I’ve taken very few photos while working on the mockups because the job has been largely incomprehensible. I’ll do better now that we’re making the actual puppets.
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12:14 I’m cutting foam rootballs for the stick witch. I also have a new pirate bandage. # 12:42 Shaping the “stones” with a rasp. It needs a channel for the performer’s wrist. # 13:07 A butterfly net of heads just fell from the ceiling. No one was hurt. # 13:26 Now I’m making heads from
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Well, this is handy, if a bit outdated. In 1988 NASA released a Space Shuttle News Reference Manual which is full of details about how the shuttle program works. I’m using it to short-cut on some SF world-building. How Stuff Works has a good section on the Shuttle as well.
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04:18 Curses. This was going so well, but I really need some aluminum plate. I’d so wanted to finish tonight. # 04:59 WTF? My cab driver is using GPS to get to 96th and Amsterdam. It’s not like I asked for an obscure street. # 05:04 Okay, now he’s totally ignoring it so the GPS
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I somehow wound up finishing a lot of stories this month. I’d love having a reader or two look over this one before I send it out. It is 5800 words of science-fiction. It’s in a password protected post, but it’s the same as the last story. If you don’t know what that is, drop
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According to Wired Science SpaceX successfully put their Falcon 1 rocket into space. SpaceX has made history. Its privately developed rocket has made it into space. After three failed launches, the company founded by Elon Musk worked all of the bugs out of their Falcon 1 launch vehicles. The entire spectacle was broadcast live from
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I just sold “Jaiden’s Weaver” to Diamonds in the Sky, An Astronomical Anthology edited by Mike Brotherton. I’m extremely pleased by this because I came up with the idea for the setting while at the Launchpad Writer’s Workshop. Jerry Oltion, one of our fabulous instructors, helped me work out what it would be like to
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