Failing again. Failing better.
For those who participated in NaNoWriMo, you can relax–it’s over. Phew. For those who wrote 50,000 words, Congratu-freaking-lations! That’s a huge accomplishment. For those who fell a little short, don’t feel bad. Look for something useful and move forward. Now that you’re done, you’re probably exhausted, sad, or both. Understandably, now that it’s December, many…
A while back, I wrote about the X-37B’s nine-month mission to space and it’s possible uses. It looks like the X-37B’s mission just got extended. NASA’s shuttles used fuel cells, but the X-37B is powered by a deployable solar array. This was supposed to give the craft a nine-month mission length, instead of the 2.5…
Yesterday, Boing Boing commented on a Bloomberg Businessweek article describing Palantir, a threat-tracking software. Originally developed as a way to detect criminals using PayPal for illicit purposes, Palantir tracks seemingly innocuous data points to determine whether a terrorist plot is in the works. More importantly, it has the ability to raise alarms before the attack…
About a month and a half ago, I asked people to submit story prompts. Reader “insanerobot” suggested “a misplaced robot.” I haven’t forgotten about this. I’ve just been lazy about getting the story up on the site. I expect to have it up either later this week or early next week. I’ll post it on…
DISCLAIMER: Yes, I am a lawyer. No, this should not be taken as legal advice or as a legal opinion. I am merely highlighting an article that involves legal topics for the purposes of exploring potential ideas for fiction. Thank you. As detailed in an article by Paul Harris in The Guardian, some are concerned…