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“A very little key will open a very heavy door” (Charles Dickens, Hunted Down)
Memorial to a Forgotten Astronaut
Via Instapundit and Parabolic Arc: From Mojave, it’s a drive of nearly 50 miles through the sagebrush and Joshua trees, around dry Koehn Lake, and through the old mining towns of Randsburg and Johannesburg before you reach the unmarked dirt road leading to the site. A...
Making Smarter Smart Homes
Via Science 2.0: CNN estimates that smart homes will grow from a $10 billion business this year to a $44 billion industry by 2017. It will happen because there will be no more thinking about Bluetooth or Wi-Fi or broadband, the smart home hub will eliminate the chaos....
So you want to write about military topics
Found this video via Business Insider. If you want to practice writing on military topics, try this exercise. Research the experience so you have an idea of what's going on and then try reproducing the intensity of the experience in words:
So you want to write about military topics
Found this video via Business Insider. If you want to practice writing on military topics, try this exercise. Research the experience so you have an idea of what's going on and then try reproducing the intensity of the experience in words:
How to be the Avengers all rolled into one with some Harry Potter thrown in
Here’s a small roundup of articles about various robotic/prosthetic body parts and functions that interface with people’s brains (sometimes called thought or mind control of the parts). Put them together, and we’ll soon have a fully functioning body that can reach...
How to be the Avengers all rolled into one with some Harry Potter thrown in
Here’s a small roundup of articles about various robotic/prosthetic body parts and functions that interface with people’s brains (sometimes called thought or mind control of the parts). Put them together, and we’ll soon have a fully functioning body that can reach...
How would you depict one-point perspective in your writing?
Writers will sometimes hear they should describe scenes in a way that shows but doesn't tell. To do that, they hear, imagine the scene as a movie and try to convey that imagery in words. In that spirit here's an exercise to try. Check out Stanley Kubrick's use of...
How would you depict one-point perspective in your writing?
Writers will sometimes hear they should describe scenes in a way that shows but doesn't tell. To do that, they hear, imagine the scene as a movie and try to convey that imagery in words. In that spirit here's an exercise to try. Check out Stanley Kubrick's use of...