Cut paper, anyone?
Kako Ueda does startling works of cut paper. That’s right, the image below is not drawn; all the red stuff is cut out of a piece of paper. Astounding, eh, what a sharp knife can do.
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Journal
Tempest build, the boat photos
The goal of this project was to make a self-illuminated boat for the opening of the Tempest. It needs to be sturdy enough to tour, but also needed to match the materials in the rest of the design, which were fairly industrial. We first made patterns of stiff paper to find the shape of the
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Official Preliminary Nebula Ballot
Here it is folks, the official preliminary Nebula Ballot. Next step. The members of SFWA will pick their top five favorites in each category. Short Stories — 7 Unique Chicken Goes In Reverse – Duncan, Andy (Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction And Fantasy, Jonathan Strahan, Ed., Night Shade Books, Oct07) Titanium Mike Saves the Day
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The Campbell Award
I have decided not to be embarrassed about admitting, straight out, that I want to be nominated for the Campbell Award. I mean, really, who wouldn’t? Do I think I stand any chance of winning? Ah ha! It is to laugh. I think it is far more likely that it will go to Scott Lynch
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The latest things said at work
Things I’ve said, or friends have said at work lately. Where did I put my lady belly? Catch the fish eyes! How many bird kebabs do you want? I think the crocodile is going to eat us alive My skull is supposed to arrive tomorrow. RiteAid is the mother-lode of Emilys I’ve lost my arm
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A commenting test
For some reason, since I upgraded to the new WordPress, I haven’t been getting notifications when people comment on posts. Could you help me out by commenting here? I’ll update this when I get it figured out. Also, if you use the subscribe to comments feature, are you getting notifications? Thanks! Edited to add: Thanks
Hackers
Spending an hour after I get home from work to clean out a list of porn from my site is not my idea of a good time. It was code hijacking on an otherwise perfectly good plugin. The plugin is uninstalled. I’ve reinstalled WordPress and am now going to bed. You’ll have to wait one
Tempest build, a quick recap
Just to catch you up. The tentacles were cut, though not because of anything on our end. Meanwhile, I’ve missed a week in the shop, because of my cold. Day before yesterday, Emily dropped supplies off at our place so I could work from home. I had reached a point where I felt more or
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Thank heavens for minor miracles
I slept through the night last night! Remember that cold I mentioned getting, over a week ago? Yeah. My niece gave me the gift that kept on giving. I tend not to blog about illness and injury unless it’s amusing or interesting. A week of hearing me complain about getting up every night to clear
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But, I don’t write [blank].
I think I’ve just had an epiphany about the writers who are clearly writing SF but say, “I don’t write SF.” Allow me to explain. My last couple of sales have been stories which can be called horror to varying degrees. Now if you ask me what I’ve written, I’ll tell you that I write
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Horror World Reviews Gratia Placenti
Horror World Reviews covered Gratia Placenti, from Apex Digest, with what has to be the best review of any project of which I’ve had the pleasure to be a part. The final story in the book, Mary Robinette Kowal’s Tomorrow And Tomorrow is yet another strong tale, concerning both a mother’s love and a husband’s
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Preliminary good news
A draft of the preliminary Nebula ballot is up for review in the SFWA members area. For Solo Cello, op. 12 is on there with six other stories. I literally squealed. Not just a squee, a full-out squeal of delight. Once they post the official preliminary ballot, I’ll share it here, because a couple of
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Hand puppets
There’s a beautiful, virtual gallery of hand puppets here. The characters are so clear that it’s easy to imagine the stories they come from. Can’t you just almost hear them speak?
What’s your New Year’s day tradition?
When Rob and I woke up this morning, our health had taken a swing for the worse. Yes, indeed. My niece gave us the gift that keeps on giving. So I called the friends that were supposed to come over and regretfully asked them to stay away. We’ve been huddled under the covers with a
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HorrorScope: Editorial: Horror in 2007
Okay… maybe there are better ways than Chaucer’d Dr. Seuss to start out the New Year, but not by much. HorrorScope did a review of Horror in 2007 To see out the death of 2007, HorrorScope assembled a team of experts within the field of horror and dark fantasy to compile an experts’ choice recommended
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