My new toy: a longseax
My new toy is a replica of the seax of Beagnoth, thought to be of ninth-century Anglo-Saxon origin. Though in my opinion (neither particularly…
Read moreMonth: October 2012
Diptic: a nifty new photo app
I’ve discovered a nifty new app, Diptic, that let’s you snap pix and then build a composite: a mini document of the day….
Read moreMake my year: vote to approve Referendum 74
Ballots are hitting mailboxes this week in Washington State. We have ours. (And when I say ‘we’ I’m speaking loosely: Kelley got…
Read moreThe neurochemistry of story, the dramatic arc, and empathy
Neuroeconomist Paul Zak (author of The Moral Molecule: The Source of Love and Prosperity) has done some work in his lab tracking…
Read morePresidential debate, TV, and drinking games
You know the kind of afternoon when the rewriting that’s gliding along suddenly isn’t? Yeah, like that. And then you remember there’s…
Read moreBirthday experiments
Well, first of all nature ran an experiment of her own: producing, for the very first time in my 17 years in…
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Nicola Griffith 