After nearly eight months of waiting, Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show has accepted my story! I've been told it will be in the next issue, and looking at their site, the previous issue was out in April so that should be within a couple months. This will be the most prestigious magazine I've been …
ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
Planetary Resources launched a kickstarter a couple days ago to launch the first publicly accessible telescope. They will be launching a few other telescopes, mostly for searching for asteroids to mine, but this telescope will be the only publicly funded one, and the only publicly accessible one. The rewards range from having a picture of …
A Fire Upon The Deep
I just finished reading A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge. Bought this one because it won a Hugo for best novel. I really enjoyed it. It was full of huge ideas and memorable characters, and interesting aliens. Two though-provoking features in this book (very minor spoilers) : one, is that there are different …
Cat
I have a new room mate, a Cat named Sophie. She is seven years old. We adopted her from someone who couldn't take care of her anymore. Now my dream of having a cat is complete. Do cats have the magical power to make me write better? I think so. Cats are mysterious and cunning, …
one way trip to mars
Recently, Dutch company Mars One has started recruiting volunteers for a one way trip to Mars. The goal is to land the first crew of two males and two females on the red planet in 2023, and another every two years after that. Settlements will already be prepared by robotic missions to go on beforehand. …
Jonas David 