Archive for January 2007
let’s talk about books baby
Posted by: onyxx on: January 18, 2007
i haven’t have had much time to read lately, so i’m back to skimming through some of my old favorite titles. these include a number of fantasy books: Naomi Novik’s Temeraire series (His Majesty’s Dragon, Throne of Jade, The Black Powder War) and Susanna Clarke’s challenging but hugely satisfying Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. There [...]
interesting stuff
Posted by: onyxx on: January 9, 2007
here’s a passel of interesting news from various fronts lately
In Science, a number of scentists are suggesting that there may have been living creatures in Mars when NASA’s Viking 1 and 2 landed on the red planet in 1976. in an ironic twist, a recent analysis of the Viking mission data is hypothesizing that these space probes [...]
nyc subway guy gets his due
Posted by: onyxx on: January 5, 2007
wow.
i just read this amazing story about a 50-year-old blue-collar NYC guy who saved a 20-year-old film student in NY’s subway lately. seems like Cameron Hollopeter was experiencing some kind of a seizure when he fell into the subway tracks just a few moments before a train was due to arrive. Fortunately for him, Wesley Autrey, a quick-thinking [...]
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