Woke to work-sabotaging tech troubles this morning. Am now several hours behind but catching up.
Here’s to progress!
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Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways2023’
Tech Trouble
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, tech hates me today, technical issues, Thoughts on October 1, 2025| Leave a Comment »
Visions of the Future
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, future, genre fiction, predictions, science fiction, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 31, 2023| Leave a Comment »
For me, the end of a year is a great time to think about the future.
What did one of science fiction’s most acclaimed writers think about the future back in 1980, what’s changed, and which of his predictions have already come to pass?
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Random Bit of Fun
Posted in Entertainment, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, television, Writers on December 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author extraordinaire, has a wide variety of abilities and interests. He also, apparently, liked to watch the Six Million Dollar Man.
Specifications for The Six Million Dollar Man
There doesn’t seem to be an accurate version of the specifications for cyborg Steve Austin’s bionic parts anywhere online, so I have put one together.
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Drrp
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, fail, humans, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I prepped a post for yesterday and assumed I was all set, but didn’t actually get it scheduled into the correct slot. Drrp. So I’m posting an extra one today, and linking to a fascinating graphic on cognitive bias and the many (many) types of assumptions humans are prone to making.
Every Single Cognitive Bias in One Infographic
Science has shown that we tend to make all sorts of mental mistakes, called “cognitive biases”, that can affect both our thinking and actions. These biases can lead to us extrapolating information from the wrong sources, seeking to confirm existing beliefs, or failing to remember events the way they actually happened!
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Every One
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 29, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Every person on this planet needs love, dignity, and purpose.
— Rich Paul
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Annoying but True
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Thoughts on December 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?”
— John Wooden
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What Is the Moon?
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, haiku, writing on December 26, 2023| 1 Comment »
From the same stash of childhood ephemera as the Great Green Dragon, I give you a haiku on the theme of the moon.
O Mistress, come see!
What is this caught in the net
Of the cherry tree?
— Jenny J.
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Merry Merry
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, Christmas, Thoughts on December 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
― Charles Dickens
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The Strange Phenomenon That Is Saint Nick
Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, children, Christmas, creativity, science, Thoughts, Writers, writing on December 24, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Christmas Eve, when Santa is racing around the world distributing presents, seems like an excellent time to think back to the experience of the holiday as a young child. If Christmas was part of your family tradition, do you remember what it was like to believe in Santa Claus?
I do, and despite the ever-present pressures of reality, that sense of wonder is part of why I write.
Making Sense of Santa, as a Science Reporter and a Parent ‹ Literary Hub
“When I was a kid, did you try to get me to believe in Santa?” I recently asked my parents. My father, a mathematician, scoffed. “Of course not,” he said. “We told you he was a mythological being that represented generosity and good cheer.”
Still, every December, my mother hung stockings above the chimney with care. And every Christmas Eve, she made sure cookies were left on a festively decorated plate, as though she truly believed St. Nick would soon be there.
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Life Skills
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, science, skills on December 23, 2023| Leave a Comment »
I spent a lot of time as a kid learning skills that were technically unnecessary for me, but would have been essential to my ancestors. Skills like weaving, making cough syrup or dyeing wool using local herbs, flint knapping, bow making, that sort of thing (yes, my parents were very tolerant!). One of the skills I never did manage (and I bet the local fire department was grateful) was making a fire using only friction.
If you’ve seen Tom Hanks try this in Castaway, you’ll know that it isn’t as easy as it looks.
If this is the sort of thing that catches your attention, as it does mine, this article might interest you.
Fire by friction is a testament to human ingenuity, contributing to the development of early technology and a later understanding of physics, chemistry and heat transfer.
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