There is an article in Computer World about the future of super computers. They are talking about Exaflop systems. Rudy Rucker, in his Software/Wetware books, discussed the future of computation and he felt that Teraflop machines would be common in the 2020s. Currently the fastest machines are Petaflop supercomputers. The next highest step, Exaflop or […]
Wanderings
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Max is at the Vet
Sunday, November 15, 2009
My cat Max crashed today. He couldn’t stand up and was really scary looking. We too him to the vet. He’s on all kinds of medication for his bad thyroid. We’ve been careful to make sure he eats and he has gained weight. He is dehydrated now. They are giving him ringers to rehydrate him […]
Never-before-seen ‘Star Trek’ pilot found
Saturday, November 14, 2009
An alternate Star Trek pilot has surfaced. The first Trek pilot was rejected. Roddenberry made another, much of which made it into a later episode. The video is odd and choppy, especially the opening credits, but it is fun to see how Trek evolved as it was being created. Never-before-seen ‘Star Trek’ pilot found – […]
reincarnation (twice!), nazis, twist ending
Saturday, November 14, 2009
indenti.ca has a Twitter alternative that can be used in conjunction with Twitter, but seems to be designed for more serious information sharing. Adicus Ryan Garton at Atomjack magazine has been these “dents” (as opposed to tweets) to post his rejections. I know because I have been waiting with bated breath for my reject. I […]
Waiting for rejects
Friday, November 13, 2009
I have two stories waiting. One of them has been out for 92 days. Three months is a long time to sit in the slush. I think that I might have sold this story three or four times by now, but I chose a venue that had all of its editors quit a while ago […]
Outbound Click Tracker – WordPress Plugin
Friday, November 13, 2009
I released, with some stumbling, my wordpress plugin to track outbound clicks. This lets me know where people go when they leave the site. It’s like the myBlogLog, only I get to see the stats in real time for free and I can even create some more interesting reports and I will add them to […]
Story Sale
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
I sold a story, “You Can’t Think About It” to Tyree Campbell at SamsDotPublishing after a 125 day wait. I submitted my SF story ‘The Reefs of Jove” today after I read that J Erwine had only one spot left to fill in the next issue of his magazine. I was sitting on this story […]
Talbot Mundy – The Ivory Trail
Sunday, November 8, 2009
I bought this book at a booksale at the Rhinebeck, NY library. Talbot Mundy is a cross between Robert E. Howard and H. Rider Haggard. I read a little of this book and I’ve decided it will be my next bus book. It is a little like She by Rider. There are four pen and […]