Ideas are important, of course, but probably not as important as you think. You have an endless supply of ideas floating around inside your head, what’s more important is actually doing something with them, and keeping yourself from becoming discouraged.Too many people sit around not writing as they wait for the ‘perfect idea’ to appear. …
Robot Eyes
In recent science news, a computer chip placed in a rat's eye successfully sent signals to its brain. This is one step toward having mechanical eyes for blind people. And one step closer toward me having my robot body. Every day we are more accurate and more detailed in our maps of the human brain. …
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, …
Jonas David 