Travis Besecker's Blog: Apocalypse Coming, page 33
May 1, 2012
WinkNudgeSayNoMo: FINALLY finished Lost In Infinity!!
FINALLY finished Lost In Infinity!!I know. I know. I’m always the last one to finish.
This was not a book that I could read at the ball field. I needed to be able to think. And believe me….that’s not easy for me. (Shut up. Stop laughing. I just have NO time to sit and think.)
I’m so glad that I finished it though. So incredibly glad.
I’m still trying to sort out the right words…but right now all I can come up with is…
I’m reeling.
Such a great concept and such a brilliant way of working the concept and the theme into the entire book…each page…without it being the least bit obvious. I thought I knew where it was going and I was completely wrong.
Thank you, Travis, for sharing this. For creating this.
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This is the kind of reaction that makes writing “Lost in Infinity” feel like an accomplishment.
April 27, 2012
Friday Book Giveaway
I’m giving away a signed copy of “Lost in Infinity” each and every Friday until people are no longer interested or “Harnessing the Spark” is released.
If you want one, here’s what you have to do:
1) You MUST be following me at @FinallyHeSleeps on Twitter
2) Your MUST RT this tweet on your timeline or this post on your Blog
3) send a reply on Twitter telling me why you want or need a signed copy of the book.
That’s it. Nothing else. You can do it all week long if you like. I’ll keep track and decide each Friday night. I’ll do it every week until people stop asking for copies.
Good luck.
This sums up how I feel today…
This sums up how I feel today…
quantumaniac:
How Much Does Fire Weigh?
Question: Since fire...
How Much Does Fire Weigh?
Question: Since fire is a plasma, and plasma is a state of matter, and matter is defined as anything that has mass, would that then mean that fire has mass and weight to it? If so, is there a way to measure its weight? How much space would, say, a pound of fire take up?
Answer: It weighs more than nothing, but if you’re at the bottom of a pillar of fire, being crushed should be your second concern
Fires, putting aside details about plasma and chemicals or whatever, is just hot air. For a given pressure the ideal gas law says that the density of a gas is inversely proportional to temperature, in Kelvin. You can use this fact, the temperature and density of air (300°K 1.3 kg/m3), and the temperature of your average run-of-the-mill open flame (about 1300°K) to find the density of fire. For most “everyday” fires, the density of the gas in the flame will be about 1/4 the density of air. So, since air (at sea level) weighs about 1.3 kg per cubic meter (1.3 grams per liter), fire weighs about 0.3 kg per cubic meter.
One pound of ordinary fire, here on Earth near sea level, would take up a cube about 1.2 meters to a side. The reason that fires always flow upward is that its density is lower than air. So, fire rises in air for the same reason that bubbles rise in water: it’s buoyant. Enterprising individuals sometimes even take advantage of that fact.
If you were on a planet with no air at all, fire would fall to the ground instead of rise because, like all matter, it’s pulled by gravity. Also, it would be hard to keep the fire going (what with there being no air).
Blech...
Bring me all the drugs.
Did I mention I need someone to bring me all the drugs?
Not ha-ha this is fun drugs but fuck my head and stomach and throat are in the seventh ring of hell drugs.
Over 500 people signed up for GoodReads “Lost in Infinity” giveaway of 10 books which is awesome.
Did I mention I’m sick?
April 26, 2012
Why have I not watched this movie lately?
Why have I not watched this movie lately?
Can’t.
Stop.
Giggling.
Can’t.
Stop.
Giggling.
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