“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
― Oprah Winfrey
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Good Plan
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, holidays, Thanksgiving, Thoughts on November 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
To Be Read
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #toberead, creativity, Fiction, inspiration, reading, recommendations, TBR, Writers, writing on November 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This is fun: NPR just came out with an interactive, cross-genre list of over four hundred books they recommend from 2022.
Whatever you’re into, you’ll likely find it here. The list includes everything from science fiction to science writing, to biographies to kids’ books to poetry, cookbooks, humor, history, sports, music and more.
I’ve read some of these books but not most, by any means, even in my preferred genres. The site also includes recommendations from the past decade, for a total of more than 3200 options. Just in case you make it through this year’s list!
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Nice Shot
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Artemis, inspiration, moon, NASA, science on November 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Artemis moon mission is now underway, which means fun updates like this video flyby of the Moon.
… NASA’s Orion spacecraft performs a close approach of the lunar surface on its way to a distant retrograde orbit, a highly stable orbit thousands of miles beyond the Moon. During the Artemis I flight test, launched on Nov. 16, Orion will travel 280,000 miles (450,000 km) from Earth and 40,000 miles (64,000 km) beyond the far side of the Moon, carrying science and technology payloads to expand our understanding of lunar science, technology developments, and deep space radiation.
— Artemis I Close Flyby of the Moon – YouTube
Check out Orion’s location with the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website: NASA: Artemis I.
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Onward!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 21, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Today, much day job work, which takes up both actual time and mental space. Post lunch, I took a pass at a couple of drabbles but they weren’t ready, started a couple of nonfiction essays but they didn’t quite gel, looked through my files for a quote but didn’t like any of them, then tossed in the towel and went back to my work-related to do list.
Onward!
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On Purpose
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Fiction, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 20, 2022| Leave a Comment »
When it comes right down to it, I want to encourage people to find possibilities, to see paths to improvement. Everywhere. In everything.
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To Saturday
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on November 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Every day is a gift. But some days are packaged better.”
― Sanhita Baruah
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Work Awaits
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, bad haiku, Thoughts, writing on November 18, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’m in the middle of a last-minute day job project, waiting in my darkening office for external input before I can wrap up and make dinner. So today, a bit of bad haiku:
Darkness and hunger,
Impatience for what comes next.
Expectant and alive.
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Untapped Opportunities
Posted in Other, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, healthcare, innovation, science, srslytho, Thoughts on November 17, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This article from 2016 highlights the terahertz spectrometer, which is a technology that can read books without opening them.
This new machine can read book pages without cracking the cover | PBS NewsHour
The machine uses beams of radiation to creep in between pages and scan individual letters. This new tool wasn’t made to create disdain among classic readers or for those too lazy to lift a cover. Rather it may unlock the secrets of old books or ancient texts too fragile to be disturbed by human touch.
Scanning an object layer by layer and deriving meaning from the images? Cool, nifty, amazing, a breakthrough for archaeologists and antiquarians everywhere!
Also, remind me again why mammograms still require what is, in effect, a highly sophisticated panini press?*
And yes, it is exactly as uncomfortable as it sounds.
* I know, I know, living tissue is not the same thing as parchment or an Italian sandwich. Still, it’s hard not to think that the gap between the current and ideal mammogram experience represents an untapped opportunity for innovation. Ladies, can I get an amen?
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Code of the Universe
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Andrea Kriz, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Nature's Futures, Thoughts, Writers, writing on November 16, 2022| 1 Comment »
What would you do if you could do anything?
The future will not be any% glitchless by Andrea Kriz in Nature’s Futures
I’m working from home. Or trying to. Since the news broke, it just doesn’t seem like there’s much point. Seeing each other on the screen. Or in person. It’s all the same, right?
Ever since we found out the Universe is a simulation.
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Third Time’s A Charm?
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Artemis, inspiration, NASA, science on November 15, 2022| 1 Comment »
Will the Artemis moon mission finally fly? The answer seems to be, “Probably.”* The weather has been challenging but tonight’s forecast looks good. Here’s hoping all goes well tonight!
NASA’s new Artemis moon rocket is once again being readied for its first flight : NPR
A successful launch would be a key milestone for NASA’s Artemis program, which aims to put the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface. The agency has not launched a space vehicle designed to send astronauts to the moon since 1972.
* Edit from the future: the answer is yes!
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