Crow Journal, day 1

By John Brown | May 12, 2008 - 5:00 pm |May 12, 2008 Zing

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I decided to put my money where my mouth is. Or at least some peanuts and cheese. I want to make some friends with a couple of crows or ravens. I’m a little hesitant. One or two buddies, okay. A freaking tribe swirling around the house, pooping on man and beast, or, horrors, tormenting the cats →

Gapminder Website

By John Brown | May 10, 2008 - 10:12 pm |May 10, 2008 Zing

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After watching two of Roslings’ presentations at TED, I had to find his website. Or at least the gapminder website. You’re going to love noodling around with the free tools out there.

Excellent Tor Wallpaper

By John Brown | May 9, 2008 - 6:01 am |August 27, 2008 Zing

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I just downloaded a 1024×768 version of this today. What a fabulous wallpaper from tor.com that I can cycle through my screen saver image program!

Iron Man, Military Insect Spies

By John Brown | May 4, 2008 - 1:06 pm |August 28, 2008 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever, Zing

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Iron Man was wonderful, every bit of what the trailers promised–adventure, humor, and a huge dose of gosh-wow. Of course, the idea of military exoskeletons are not new. It’s been in science fiction for a long time. More recently, Dan Brown used the idea in his thriller Act of War. In fact, if you think →

Get cool stuff from Tor

By John Brown | May 2, 2008 - 10:22 am |May 2, 2008 Zing

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Get free e-books and wallpapers of great books. You can get a cool Bob Eggelton right now. Go here: http://www.tor.com/ I just did. BTW, here’s some cool stuff on how covers are chosen and what makes them work. Part 1 Part 2