Blogging Orwell

George Orwell’s diaries are being published as a blog, posted in realtime exactly 70 years after the entries were written.  Incredible.

From the 8/11 entry:

This morning all surfaces, even indoors, damp as a result of mist. A curious deposit all over my snuff-box, evidently residue of moisture acting on lacquer.

posted 8/14/08 at 8:43am to Politics, Writing · 0 replies · permalink

Parker’s notes

Parker's journal

Parker Dundee wants to know what his father’s job really was.  He’s going to have to find Mr. Abernathy first.

(Previously.)

posted 8/13/08 at 3:14pm to Writing · 0 replies · permalink

Sleepworking

Random Items On Top Of My Dresser This Morning:

  • tube of cortisone cream
  • laser pointer
  • roll of gaffer tape
  • crumpled dollar bill
  • 1 SR44 battery

I really want to know what kind of scary things Nighttime Me is up to.

posted 8/9/08 at 7:11am to Slightly Too Long For Twitter · 1 reply · permalink

Blood on the clearcoat

posted 8/5/08 at 3:55pm to Me me me, Slightly Too Long For Twitter · 0 replies · permalink

I, for one, welcome our new tetrahedonous intergalactic planetary landscape architect overlords.

Meet NASA’s future Martian rover, the 12-TET-Rover:

Tet-12-Rover (still from NASA video animation)

The 12-Tet Rover is … 12 tetrahedrons made of 26 struts … that will roam all over Mars’ complex terrain. Unlike the current wheeled rovers, it will be autonomous, so it will not require instruction from a whole team of scientists to complete a simple task. It will recognize obstacles and figure out how to get around them. It has a huge advantage over wheeled rovers because it does not require flat ground to operate properly. Rather than use wheels, it extends its struts and tumbles forward.

(via Pruned)

posted 8/1/08 at 8:35am to Science! · 0 replies · permalink