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What’s cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet, personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft? If you answered “absolutely nothing”, do read on, because NASA is preparing to oblige you. via NASA’s Puffin Is A Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft | Gizmodo Australia

What’s cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet, personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft? If you answered “absolutely nothing”, do read on, because NASA is preparing to oblige you. via NASA’s Puffin Is A Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft | Gizmodo Australia

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Thursday, January 21st 2010 11:51am

Earlier this morning, I noticed that my typical dry-erase window writing was showing up particularly well. Fog, I noted, is even better than blue sky, for blue-skying on a window.

Earlier this morning, I noticed that my typical dry-erase window writing was showing up particularly well. Fog, I noted, is even better than blue sky, for blue-skying on a window.

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Monday, January 18th 2010 10:51am

Jon Meacham on Sewanee

Since our family is now proudly represented on “The Mountain” by Knight, I’m happy to pass along this essay by Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and the current Pulitzer Prize winner for non-fiction.

“I love Sewanee, an Episcopal university tucked away on 13,000 rural acres of the Cumberland Plateau. It is a place where students and faculty wear academic gowns to class, where the vice chancellor also serves as mayor, and where I spent four years without having a key to my room, much less locking it. Modernity intrudes with a single full-time traffic light on campus, but for years that incursion was ameliorated by the sight of a professor of religion’s cat taking a daily nap on the street directly beneath the light. People knew to steer clear.”

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Thursday, January 14th 2010 6:09pm

Random observations

1. Having two college students at home for the holidays (unless graduate school happens, this is the only year this will happen at the Hammock household) means there’s an extra week (or in our case, two) of vacation for some people (kids), but not other people (parents). My son (who will be called Knight from this point forward) and daughter (who will be called Ann-Parker from this point forward) are both working, however, so they’d argue with the label “vacation” as in holiday.

2. I’m two sessions into a four session commitment (to Ann-Parker) to attend hot yoga with her. It has made me discover two things: A. I have absolutely no balance — I’m amazed I can ride a bike as I find it difficult even to stand on one lege. B. Hot yoga is not mentioned in the works of Dante, but its certainly a ring of hell. My third session is tonight. I must admit, the second session was better than the first. Developing.

3. I am writing a rather detailed post explaining my 2010 ‘blogging” strategy (a first) that includes making this blog my personal blog, while focusing on professional stuff on RexBlog and Hammock.com.

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Wednesday, January 6th 2010 7:18am

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Sunday, January 3rd 2010 8:48pm

"One of the most common things I hear is, “I’d like to do something remarkable like that, but my xyz won’t let me.” Where xyz = my boss, my publisher, my partner, my licensor, my franchisor, etc. Well, you can fail by going along with that and not doing it, or you can do it, cause a ruckus and work things out later. In my experience, once it’s clear you’re willing (not just willing, but itching, moving, and yes, implementing) without them, things start to happen. People are rarely willing to step up and stop you, and often just waiting to follow someone crazy enough to actually do something. I’m going. Come along if you like."

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Sunday, January 3rd 2010 7:33pm

I don’t recall licensing my name to Bloomingdale’s for this tee-shirt, but I endorse it, nonetheless.

I don’t recall licensing my name to Bloomingdale’s for this tee-shirt, but I endorse it, nonetheless.

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Friday, January 1st 2010 1:58pm

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Wednesday, December 30th 2009 5:58pm

Dinosaurs and Robots: Desaturated Christmas: No , this wasn’t done  with Photoshop. Check out the post. Awesomely creative use of too much time on ones hands.

Dinosaurs and Robots: Desaturated Christmas: No , this wasn’t done with Photoshop. Check out the post. Awesomely creative use of too much time on ones hands.

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Thursday, December 24th 2009 8:58am

Next time you plan a holiday video, use this as the benchmark for greatness.

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Wednesday, December 23rd 2009 3:37pm