Coffee 'may reverse Alzheimer's' — Guess I need to take up a new habit. (Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) danjite.)
Vintage ads for women's fragrances — Uh huh.
Donnie's Deusie: 1924 — Mmm. Duesenberg. Mmm.
Best to only ever fight wars you already won. — The Edge of the American West on conservatives, Obama and library cards. Also William Ayers. Funny stuff.
?otD: What time did you wake up?
7/8/2009 Body movement: n/a (overslept due to incipient chest cold) This morning's weigh-in: n/a (no scale at beach house) Currently reading: The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read)
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Finding life in the ice — Exobiology!
Japanese Ironsmith Creates Bulldozer Out Of Fiat 500 — Automotive madness at its finest!
The Chaplain General — Cool art from Ellis Nadler.
To everyone who wants prayer in American public schools — What he said.
?otD: Is it hump day again?
7/1/2009 Body movement: 60 minute urban walk (Twin Peaks!) This morning's weigh-in: 220.0 Currently reading: P.S. Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood
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| 2009-06-21 06:15 |
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Booking the future — One view of the next generation of publishing. (Thanks to lrcutter.)
The Latke number thread — In case you were wondering about literary collaboration with me.
What Amazon Does Not Want You To Know About The Kindle — More DRM hell. (From a mailing list I'm on.)
The Unevenness of Space-Time Convergence — Strange Maps with a rendering of travel times which is pretty interesting, and also somewhat reminds me of the most famousest New Yorker cover EVAR.
Brute-Force Engineering and Climate — Centauri Dreams with some unsettling speculation. Also more fodder for near term futurism of both the apocalyptic and optimistic flavors.
Sunrise over the Parthenon — More photographic coolness from APOD.
io9.com with a visual gallery on the evolution of spaceships in movies — Cool stuff.
Maytag-Mobile: 1939 — Shorpy with home-made car from the pre-WWII era. I'm fascinated by the tiny wheels. That thing must have ridden like holy hell. And speaking of hell, Shorpy has this bus image, a 1938 Greyhound ready for the Gehenna run for certain.
ericjamesstone answers my question from yesterday about the Robert court ruling on DNA testing — Ok, not batshit. Still not happy about it, but I understand the point now. (And wish the reporting on this had done a better job of conveying that point, or that I'd done a better job of reading the reporting, or both.) Thanks, Eric!
?otD: Was it a new day yesterday?
6/21/2009 Body movement: 30 minute stationary bike ride, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 219.8 Currently reading: n/a (Finished The Human Disguise by James O'Neil)
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Stretching My Legs — Me guest blogging again at Tor.com.
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile patent — With bonus Wienermobile links!
Two Angles on Meteorites — More really cool Deep Time stuff from Centauri Dreams.
Dunhuang Star Atlas — Ancient Chinese star map from APOD. Now this is just darned cool.
A Skin Test for Alzheimer's Disease — Wow.
Did anyone get the number of that Erdos? — xkcd with some deep math geekery.
Ghost Jams — We get those in Portland. I've seen one at 2 am on the Banfield.
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| 2009-06-12 04:05 |
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The Green photo contest [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Entries are due today!
Green readings and signings: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — Including Powell's Cedar Hills here in the Portland area, this evening. Dinner at 5 at the McMenamin's in the north end of the Cedar Hills parking lot, reading at 7.
A profile of me in The Oregonian
Don't Marry a Writer — Ta-Nehisi Coates on the perils of research (and the military stylings of U.S. Grant).
An Example Remembered — A bookseller talks about the characters in their store. Moving and lovely.
Over the Hedge on dating, the perils thereof, and zombies
And a Dog Named and Gyp: 1922 —Shorpy with a classic automotive photo for all you dog lovers.
Animal, human statues found in Burnt City — Some cool archaeology news. I love the last bit, about what they've found there. (Snurched righteously from e_bourne.)
Radioactive wasp nests at Hanford — Run for your lives! (Thanks to corwynofamber and thecrimsony.)
?otD: How do you whack an immortal, malignant mole?
6/12/2009 Body movement: 30 minute ride on stationary bike, 10 minutes of stretching and meditation This morning's weigh-in: 217.0 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
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Today the_child and I went to the Eco Car Show in Forest Grove, OR with K— and a friend of hers. This wasn't new green cars so much as old mini and microcars, plus a few serious oddities like a US street-legal Nissan Figaro (who knew?) and an Alfa-Romeo 6C engined Lloyd. Go figure.
( The photos... )
As usual, more at the Flickr set.
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Slept in a bit, then rolled up to see calendula_witch off for her return to San Francisco. Her plane was horribly late getting out, but we didn't realize that til after I said good-bye her at security. It was great to have her here for JayCon, which was awesome. So good to see old friends and new.
the_child and I are off shortly to a car show with K— and a friend of hers. That will make for a nice afternoon. Back this evening for writing and more bloggy goodness.
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| 2009-06-02 03:13 |
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JayCon is this coming Saturday! Mark your calendars: [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]
Lone Star Stories #31 Reviewed — In which very nice things are said about my story "On the Human Plan".
A reader reacts to my short story "The God Clown is Near"
A Jay Lake Shakespeare Festival — This is hilarious.
Plotting way forward on Ice Age Floods Trail — I've visited many of the sites. One of my favorites, though, is the little known Moses Coulee in central Washington State. (Thanks to my Dad.)
Plants 'can recognise themselves'
Millisecond Pulsars for Starship Navigation
Michael Moore on what to do with GM — (Thanks to garyomaha.)
?otD: Nothing is better than that, is it?
6/2/2009 Body movement: 60 minute trainer time at gym This morning's weigh-in: 218.6 Currently reading: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold; A Long Line of Cells by Lewis Thomas
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International Garden Naked Day — Careful with that axe, Eugene.
Portraits Capture Life In Dissecting Class — (Thanks to danjite.)
Chrysler Personalities — James Gurney does cars.
Arsenal: 1942 — What really amazes me about this photo is the scale. Look at the train cars.
Interrogating Torture — The New Yorker on our nation's responsibility for the torture we have inflicted. This, as much as anything, is the sickening, shameful legacy of conservatism in America.
?otD: Do you know where the Okanagon Subcontinent is?
5/4/2009 Body movement: 60 minute urban walk (hills!) This morning's weigh-in: 217.0 ( calendula_witch's scale) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville, Julian Comstock by Robert Charles Wilson
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Hot sauce that can kill — This hot sauce has got a license to kill, and it's not afraid to use it. (Thanks to corwynofamber.)
"Skyquake" — Huh? WTF? Is this a Sign of the End Times or what?
Wheel Motors to Drive Dutch Buses
When computers address the Almighty — Uh huh. (Thanks to danjite.)
The World as Seen from Chang'an Street
?otD: Where's the winter in Winter Park?
3/23/2009 Body movement: 40 minute suburban walk This morning's weigh-in: n/a (travel day) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Push of the Sky by Camille Alexa
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File 770 on the METAtropolis Hugo nomination
Pub is closed by Monty Python hand grenade — (Thanks to willyumtx.)
Orbitron Apocalypto — Hod rod journalism and high weirdness. Great slice-of-culture narrative. (Thanks to danjite.)
The Seven Nations of Political Talk — Who listens to whom in political commentary.
George Will, climate change and the disingenuousness of conservative dialectic
?otD: Badges? Badges?
3/22/2009 Body movement: 10 minute stretch in gym, 50 minute walk in meadows This morning's weigh-in: n/a (travel day) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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The Banal Evil of the Google Copyright Settlement [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — The comments threads in both cross-posts are very interesting. This weekend (after Pinion is delivered) I plan to catch up on the issue and do an updated post.
The Guardian on the Google search settlement — (Thanks to tetar.)
Penny Arcade on "Syfy"
World's first proper flying car makes debut flight — Oh, boy. As crappy drivers as most people are...
?otD: How far away from dry land?
3/19/2009 Body movement: 40 minute suburban walk This morning's weigh-in: n/a (travel day) Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Watchmen by Alan Moore etc.
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Vintage SF movie posters
Frank Miller's Peanuts — Um, wow. (Thanks to scarlettina.)
The Mongol Rally — If my life were a little better funded, I would so totally be doing this. (Thanks to danjite.)
Lincoln's pocket watch — This is cool. scarettina has more.
Twitter could bring search up to speed
English and Science in China and Japan — Language Log with some very interesting notes on language and culture.
Browsing the exoplanet catalog
GOP senator flips out at airline, sets off security alarm — Entitlement: your GOP family value for the day.
Now-needy FDIC collected little in premiums — The federal agency that insures bank deposits, which is asking for emergency powers to borrow up to $500 billion to take over failed banks, is facing a potential major shortfall in part because it collected no insurance premiums from most banks from 1996 to 2006. [...] Congress believed that the fund was so well-capitalized - and that bank failures were so infrequent - that there was no need to collect the premiums for a decade, according to banking officials and analysts. Let's see, who was in control of Congress from 1996-2006? Which party believes in de-regulation to the point of psychosis about it? Hmmm. Nope, nothing comes to mind. Definitely an "Obama economy" problem. The Bush Depression: conservatism's gift to America. (Snurched from This Modern World.)
?otD: Is it safe to go outside?
3/12/2009 Body movement: 40 minute workout on machines at gym This morning's weigh-in: 217.8 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Watchmen by Alan Moore etc.
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IROSF reviews my Lone Star Stories piece, "On the Human Plan" — Lois Tilton liked it.
The Wall Street Journal on "Watchmen"
Is it wrong for me to want this car as much as I do?
Britain's Clown Shortage: New Visa Rules Hit the Circus
The city without a memory: treasures lost under collapsed Cologne archives
Translucent concrete — (Snurched from Dark Roasted Blend.)
Documenting the redesign of the Pepsi logo — Allegedly, at least. I used to work in advertising, and I find this sadly believable.
Ceres: A Possible Source of Life? — Huh...
How to stop the drug wars — Prohibition has failed; legalisation is the least bad solution. (Thanks to danjite.)
?otD: If this is Saturday, where's my cruller?
3/7/2009 Body movement: n/a (off my own schedule) This morning's weigh-in: n/a Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Black Blade Blues by John Pitts
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"Off-Season at Jay Lake" — Fiction by Michael Hiebert.
Writing for a living: a joy or a chore? — (Thanks to agamisu.)
The Fiat 1100 TV Nardi — As maryrobinette said when she sent me the link, a car to covet. :: wants ::
Kepler, SETI and Ancient Probes — Centauri Dreams is on a roll, with a nigh unbelievable meme density in this post.
Fermi paradox meets the timescale — Wow. Deep Time vs. the Men From Mars. Snurched from the above.
?otD: How close to heaven were we??
3/6/2009 Body movement: 45 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 222.2 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville; Black Blade Blues by John Pitts Kepler, SETI and Ancient Probes — Centauri Dreams is on a roll, with a nigh unbelievable meme density in this post. Fermi paradox meets the timescale — Wow. Deep Time vs. the Men From Mars. Snurched from the above.
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Various interesting comments concerning my Lone Star Stories short, "On the Human Plan" — I like what Rich said about my 'poetic mode.'
Mr. Tact responds to my recent post on backing up your fiction like a pro [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ] — He is not so much with the agreeing with my methods, though our goals are pretty much the same.
The Geek Goes for the Job — princessalethea, One of Our Own, makes a pitch for that Australian dream job. Note her excellent taste in books, too.
Lesson Planning 101: How to teach comics responsibly in a composition class (Watchmen) — Snurched from The Edge of the American West.
Covered Wagons: When Paint Just Ain't Good Enough — Mmm, art cars.
Two satellites collide in orbit — Wow. Though this is old news by now, the Internet being what it is, still fascinating. And of course, part of me wonders if this was a 'satellite killer' test strike. (Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) chriswjohnson.)
New antibiotics would silence bugs, not kill them — In future, the most effective antibiotics might be those that don't kill any bacteria. Instead the drugs will simply prevent the bacteria from talking with one another. (Thanks to lt260.)
Something Darwin Didn't Know — The first part of this is hilarious, but I disagree with his conclusions, which privilege religious discourse with a false equivalency to empirical discourse.
New Clues to How Primates Evolved — Regions of DNA prone to duplication may have played a vital role in human evolution.
When Was the Last Time Someone Answered Yes to One of These Questions? — Freakonomics asks something I've long wondered about. (And yes, I've long understood the answer, too, but it still strikes me as weird; on the order of nailing Al Capone for tax evasion.)
?otD: What is a hurtling fever train, anyway?
2/12/2009 Body movement: 40 minute stationary bike ride This morning's weigh-in: 220.0 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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Skycar Expedition 2009 — :: wants ::
1967 Movie Poster: Teenage Mother — Heh. Wow.
50 Beautiful Examples Of Tilt-Shift Photography — More fun with tilt-shift, originating from various sources.
Where on Earth? — A game of architecture and monuments. (Thanks to willyumtx.)
Stonehenge beneath the waters of Lake Michigan — Interesting, if vague. (Thanks to lt260.)
Analysis: GOP urging restraint in stimulus debate — "Congress cannot keep writing checks and simply pass IOUs to our children and grandchildren," says Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. Asks House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio: "How much debt are we going to pile on future generations?" Ahem. In general conservative hypocrisy knows no bounds, but this is rich even by Congressional Republican standards.
?otD: Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
1/12/2009 Body movement: 40 minute ride on the stationary bike This morning's weigh-in: 224.6 Currently reading: The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade by Herman Melville
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