Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Parallel Universes Exist
A new study by Oxford scientists explores the basis for parallel universes.
In Everett’s “many worlds” universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe.
A motorist who has a near miss, for instance, might feel relieved […]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Frank Fisher on cycling and sustainability
I’ve just completed a unit on Sustainability as part of my masters in Foresight. We had a fantastic lecture from Frank Fisher, who is a published writer and is involved at Swinburne’s National Centre for Sustainability. Frank’s a keen cycler. I am a keen cycler. The following quote from his writing […]
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
Quote: Flannery O’Connor
The peculiar problem of the short-story writer is how to make the action he describes reveal as much of the mystery of existence as possible.
Flannery O’Connor: Writing Short Stories
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
Google Star Maps
The Space Telescope Science Institute announced the results of their cooperative effort with Google, Inc., to incorporate astronomical data into a browsable utility. It’s a start! And a pretty good one.
The latest version of the free Google Earth has a Sky function. Select “Switch to Sky” in the View pull down menu and Earth […]
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
Quote: Flannery O’Connor on Stories
A story is a complete dramatic action - and in good stories, the characters are shown through the action and the action is controlled through the characters, and the result of this is meaning that derives from the whole presented experience. I myself prefer to say that a story is a dramatic event that […]