Source: When Book Lovers Guarded Their Prized Possessions With Tiny Artworks | Collectors Weekly
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Monthly Archives: March 2016
When Book Lovers Guarded Their Prized Possessions With Tiny Artworks | Collectors Weekly
Sunday, March 27, 2016
The Mystery of the Phantom Page Turner
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Source: The Mystery of the Phantom Page Turner
Here Be Dragons: In Literature on AbeBooks
Thursday, March 17, 2016
About 12 years ago I tried writing a “Dragon” book for nanowrimo when I saw that new books with “Dragon” in the title sold 10 times better than other books. I wrote about 30,000 words and then moved on to other things. I am now 65 and will soon be officially retired. The first thing […]
The Broderers Of St Paul's Cathedral | Spitalfields Life
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Source: The Broderers Of St Paul's Cathedral | Spitalfields Life
NASA – Spacecraft Fire Experiment-I
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Fire is extremely dangerous on a spacecraft, so most controlled flame growth experiments have been limited to small sizes. The Spacecraft Fire Experiment-I (Saffire-I) intentionally lights a large-scale fire inside an empty Cygnus resupply vehicle after it leaves the International Space Station (ISS) and before it re-enters Earth's atmosphere. Instruments measure flame growth, oxygen use […]
English syntax highlighting
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Nerds already highlight their code. Why don’t we also highlight our prose? Source: English syntax highlighting
Fermat’s Library | Water extraction on Mars for an expanding human colony annotated/explained version.
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
This is a fascinating discussion on how to extract water for a Mars Colony. It is well thought out. I can see at least three Mars short stories coming based on just the extraction of water. Source: Fermat’s Library | Water extraction on Mars for an expanding human colony annotated/explained version.