Yesterday, NASA released the most complete view of the largest moon in our solar system. A false-color composite taken on November 13th at high altitude. Cassini used its infrared, moderate resolution camera system. allowing it to see through the thick hydrocarbon atmosphere. The 1KM/px resolution image shows landmasses, dunes and liquid lakes of methane. Hard […]
Hey. How’s your weekend? Mine’s alright, thanks. The other day, Charles Stross wrote a screed about The Things One Must Not Do in science fiction in order to maintain his suspension of disbelief. These things are pretty much a laundry list of Things I used in Trajectory Book 1. The coincidence made me chuckle while […]
I’d like to thank everyone who sent feedback, tweeted about and downloaded my book yesterday. I think by most accounts it was a pretty successful first day for a new book from an unknown author, so I’m very grateful for all the stars and hearts. Thank you. In case you missed it and have no […]
Greetings. Happy December. I hope you all had a delightful Cyber Weekend. I am excited/thrilled/terrified to be launching my new book, Trajectory Book 1 for Amazon Kindle today. For those on epub, I have a plan for those to follow. Drop me a note or watch this space for updates about releases. If you want […]
Hi. I thought I’d come up to periscope depth to drop a few words about what I’ve been up to. WordPress is a tricky vehicle to publish with and it usually devolves into extended configuration and Linux spelunking but I think I’m through the worst of it. If I can just ignore that blinking terminal […]
We lost our beloved greyhound Dakota last week. Born Farshur from a long line of pedigreed racers dating back to the early 1800s, she came to us via the good people at MGAP in Moncton in 2009. After suffering problems with her teeth and a long struggle with arthritis, she finally succumbed to chronic kidney […]
This morning I came across this list for new pilots in my feeds and thought it’d be useful to share my own pre-flight checklist. Before any flight, I always run through a quick checklist to make sure I’m not breaking any rules and that my quadcopter’s in good working shape. It’s short, takes a few […]
Hiya. Just a quick promo blurb for those out and about in Toronto’s West End this afternoon. Deb‘s all set-up in the Parchment Moon booth at the Trinity Bellwoods Flea in the Studio Bar at 824 Dundas St. West. There’ll be tunes and a bar and lots of stuff to see. Check it out. Deb […]
Last last week, while I was driving around Newfoundland, the collective hallucination that is our global economy took a pretty big beating. Greece tried to quit the Eurozone but somehow got pulled back in, despite a significant vote by her population to pull the D-ring and go their own way. I can only imagine that’ll […]
Anybody who follows me on twitter, flickr or instagram has probably seen my almost perverse obsession with making Ramen. I started this a few years ago, making something approximating a bowl of noodles, but lately I’ve been trying to up my game. Do it right. I got serious about it. But that’s me. In all […]
