Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, Fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, Kickstarter, Ukraine, Writers, writing on September 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Elizabeth Bear recently posted about a new Ukrainian speculative fiction anthology at Kickstarter.
Heads up about a very cool Ukrainian SFF Anthology!
The project is focused on Ukrainian and diaspora writers, all translated into English.
I enjoy supporting artists where I can, particularly those in such difficult situations.
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I’m interested in seeing the current and future world through new perspectives.
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Sign me up.
Here’s a link to the project.
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Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, copyright, creativity, genre fiction, technology, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 5, 2023| 1 Comment »
What does one of the great speculative fiction writers of our time have to say about AI (or at least, her own AI doppelgänger)?
Margaret Atwood: Murdered by My Replica?
Apparently, 33 of my books have been used as training material for their wordsmithing computer programs. Once fully trained, the bot may be given a command—“Write a Margaret Atwood novel”—and the thing will glurp forth 50,000 words, like soft ice cream spiraling out of its dispenser, that will be indistinguishable from something I might grind out. (But minus the typos.) I myself can then be dispensed with—murdered by my replica, as it were—because, to quote a vulgar saying of my youth, who needs the cow when the milk’s free?
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts, travel on September 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“Am going to cross Pacific on a wooden raft to support a theory that the South Sea islands were peopled from Peru. Will you come? I guarantee nothing but a free trip to Peru and the South Sea islands and back, but you will find good use for your technical abilities on the voyage. Reply at once.’
Next day the following telegram arrived from Torstein:
COMING. TORSTEIN.”
― Thor Heyerdahl
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on September 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.”
— Amanda Gorman
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Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, history, Thoughts on September 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »
From the folder entitled Random Things You Might Like To Know:
Exeter Cathedral’s Working Cat Uses the World’s Oldest Cat Flap
In medieval days, cathedrals would have been overrun with mice and rats without a feline prowling the premises. To keep vermin in check, the magnificent Exeter Cathedral—known formally as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter—has employed cats for centuries.
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Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, #thebeverageindustrialcomplex, Thoughts on September 1, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Ah, pumpkin spice. It’s that time of year again, and whether you are are the sort of person who loves pumpkin spice exemplars like the pumpkin spice latte or not, you might be interested to know what’s in it.
If it seems as if pumpkin spice season comes earlier each year, you’re not imagining things. Pumpkin spice lattes have officially arrived at Starbucks. But before you order a cup, drink this in: The flavor can be composed of more than 300 elements—and pumpkin usually isn’t one of them.
Wait, pumpkin is a fruit?
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, astronomy on August 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
This week, we’ve touched on time lapse videos and astronomy, so let’s just round it out with an exoplanetary time lapse!
Stunning timelapse video captures 17-year journey of exoplanet around its star | Space
Beta Pictoris b’s footage was created by scientists who condensed videos created with real datasets that were collected between 2003 and 2020.
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Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, astronomy, inspiration, supermoon on August 30, 2023| 1 Comment »
If you have clear skies tonight, take a moment to look up. There will be a super blue moon overhead, and if last night’s preview is any indication, it will be glorious.
How Rare Is the ‘Super Blue Moon’ Appearing in Skies Later This Week?
This special event is the coincidence of two uncommon moon traits: A supermoon, which occurs when the moon appears larger than usual, and a blue moon, or the second full moon in a month.
More on what and how!
Blue supermoon: what is it, when it peaks and how to see it – NPR
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Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, life, purpose, Thoughts on August 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.”
— Kofi Annan
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Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts on August 28, 2023| 1 Comment »
I enjoy stumbling across an interesting new way of looking at or interacting with the world, and realizing that a non-zero number of people are highly invested in a thing I had no idea existed.
Exhibit A: The hyperlapse is a niche art form documenting travel via a time lapse plus camera movement, where both distance and time are compressed into one immersive experience.
Here’s an example video of a walk around Canberra, Australia’s capital city.
Journey Through Seasons: A Hypnotic Hyperlapse of the Canberra Centenary Trail
A year in the making, it follows a 145km walking track that circumnavigates Canberra, the capital of Australia.
This article from The Guardian discusses this particular project in more depth.
Canberra hyperlapse: a year walking 145km around Australia’s capital – squeezed into seven minutes
What a world.
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