This week’s Thursday round-up comes to you slightly late from a Residence Inn while I move across state lines. Science/Space Cute Video from NASA about Design Reviews Asteroid Hit Could Destroy Ozone Layer Planets Discovered Around Binary Stars Physicists Attempt to Prove Third Dimension Doesn’t Exist Scifi/Fantasy Real star maps overlayed with science fiction locations [...]

In recent years, Nanowrimo has grown to such massivity that it’s impossible to keep up on the forums anymore, but back when I did, I noticed a fairly common phenomenon known as Plot Death. Plot Death goes a little like this – Person wakes up one day with a fantastic story idea.  They are so [...]

Posting this on the right day this week.  I make no guarantees about the future.  It’s Thursday!  Have some links! Science/Space Space Shuttle Discovery’s Crew Does Emergency Tank Training (I’m not really sure what sort of launch emergency needs a tank, but damn, that’s awesome.) Supernova Smothered by Own Dust Robot Singer Gets Own Back-up Dancers (Oh, [...]

Yes.  Absolutely yes. At this point in the internet I think everyone who writes or is in some way related to writing is aware of the existence of Nano, no matter their opinion on the subject.  I know agents and publishers live in dread of the uneducated masses who will heap their unedited “masterpieces” on the [...]

As a new feature of my blog, every Thursday I’m going to round-up the most interesting things from around the internet so you don’t have to. Space/Science Virgin Galatic’s VSS Enterprise’s Test Flight Another Sign Water Once Existed on Mars Behind the Scenes Video on the Space Shuttle NASA pairs with Etsy for Contest Scifi/Fantasy [...]