Out of Ambit
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Lost a camera or had it stolen?
We had a camera stolen from us some years back while en route to Freiburg from Basel on a late train. It’ll be interesting to see whether this is any good to us – StolenCameraFinder.com The site reads EXIF info from one of your own digital photos and then trolls the Web looking for other [...]
A flying jet ski. Sort of.
Well, why not? And this thing looks desperately cool. “Everyone’s dreamt of flying free as a bird. Nano is for the fun of flying – no passengers, no cargo – just you, Nano and the endless blue. If you’ve ever had a pilot’s licence you’ll fly Nano right out of the box. The rest of [...]
Pretty wooden iPad 2 cover
…Well, I think it’s pretty, anyway. And I like the way it rolls up and makes a stand for the iPad. Whenever the day rolls ’round that I have cash to spare for an iPad, I’d definitely be getting this for it. (Hmm… they could even engrave the Apple without a Bite on it…)
For those who were asking: the WizPod
Gee, I thought everybody had seen this by now. … Of this indispensable piece of kit for the more tech-oriented wizard, the Errantry Concordance says: “An instance or implementation of the Wizard’s Manual installed in a suitably adapted iPod. Such devices, when running in Manual mode, routinely display the Apple Without a Bite. WizPods may [...]
Future interfacing : full-motion video on a flexible display
Future interfacing : full-motion video on a flexible display. This is sort of what I imagined Darryl’s WizPod doing in Wizards at War and A Wizard of Mars. (Except, of course, magic was involved.)
About the blogger
30+ years in print, 50+ novels, assorted TV and movie work, the NYT Bestseller List a few times, blah blah blah. Also: the Young Wizards series, 1983-2010 and beyond.
That said, sometimes I want to talk about anything but writing. This is one place where that happens.
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