Diane Duane's Blog: Out of Ambit, page 19
May 29, 2015
Adventures With Terragen #38567294: Testing the Glass Shader
DD: (loads default landscape) DD: (adds sphere to landscape) DD: (applies glass shader) DD: (hits “render”) Terragen: … DD: (tears hair) I MEANT DO THE GLASS THING TO THE DAMN SPHERE. Terragen: (smirks) DD: You keep this up and this… Continue Reading →
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May 22, 2015
Marriage Equality in Ireland: Yes
“…What will you do next?” “Besides being King? Well, there was something else…” He looked at [Prince] Herewiss. “Since we don’t have to be running all over the place any more, I thought we might get married.” (The… Continue Reading →
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May 9, 2015
The cover for “Games Wizards Play”
At last we can reveal the cover of Games Wizards Play, which will be released on February 2, 2016, and is now available for pre-order at Amazon.com. (The cover artist is our old friend Cliff Nielsen.) Need to get caught… Continue Reading →
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April 30, 2015
We’re having a Dead TV Sale: 50% off all our ebooks!
…No, we’re not trying to sell you the Dead TV. The Dead TV is why (for a limited time) we’re giving you 50% off everything in our store. The TV in question is — or was — a Philips MatchLine… Continue Reading →
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April 25, 2015
Star Trek predicts it again
The US Naval Research Laboratory announced a major breakthrough in materials science on Thursday. After decades of research and development, the NRL has created a transparent, bulletproof material that can be molded into virtually any shape. This material, known as… Continue Reading →
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April 6, 2015
Dinosaurs and Dinosaur Shit
This last weekend has been spent reading, working on this and that, making a lot of waffles, and attempting to deal with some thorny issues, the least important of which has been “How on Earth did we eat that Valrhona… Continue Reading →
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April 1, 2015
For Easter: okay, this is a little unusual
Looking for something different in Easter chocolate? How about your own custom-made laser-scanned 3D-printed chocolate death mask? Called “Eat My Face,” Bompas and Parr’s new project employs “the latest facial-scanning and 3D-printing technology” to create a mold of your comely… Continue Reading →
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February 14, 2015
What’s the Rihannsu for “soup”?
If the above (and below) images look a little bizarre, well, they should. They’re from long-ago German editions of My Enemy, My Ally and The Romulan Way into which the publisher inserted soup ads. Yes, really. The story came up… Continue Reading →
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January 19, 2015
When is a “library” not a library?
From over at the Tumblr: freyaliesel: o.o tuebl has all of Young Wizards in the library. BEST NEWS EVER It would be if (a) I’d given them permission to have the books, (b) I was getting paid anything for their… Continue Reading →
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December 25, 2014
On missing Dr. Who at Christmas
Suddenly, a big deal tonight: Not being able to watch a Dr. Who Christmas Special on Christmas. (It’s recording on the Sky box at home, but we won’t be back for days yet and it’s not the same.)m Even… Continue Reading →
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