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Done

December 4th, 2008

Finished the first draft of my short story last night. It came in at 3,850 words. When I reread it from start to finish, it flows better than I expected for a first draft. I still need to go back and do a little tweaking, then I’ll let it rest for a week or two [...]

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Natural Science

September 10th, 2008

I’ve never wanted to live in LA until today.
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LHC Rap

September 5th, 2008

If you ever wanted to know what CERN’s Large Halon Collider was for (other than the destruction of the universe), but all that science was just too…science-y… then maybe you need a science lesson taught through the power of rap!

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Gecko-Man

February 8th, 2008

io9 (one of my new favorite sites, recently had an article about breakthrough adhesive microfiber surfaces that were modeled after gecko feet. What this means is that shoes or gloves made out of this material would like you climb smooth, vertical surfaces–such as the exterior of a glass office building. While gecko-man doesn’t have quite [...]

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Space Babies

June 14th, 2007

I just had to share this.

Since Sunday, one of the two channels on Natalie Meilinger’s baby monitor has been picking up black-and-white video from inside the space shuttle Atlantis. The other still lets her keep an eye on her baby.
You can read the full story on CNN.
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