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…
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…
Rather cool: Star Wars-y polygonal art for laptops, iPhones
This gent does some very nice polygonal (and other) art. Some of it’s distinctly Star Wars themed. I kind of prefer the designs that cover most of what they’re put…
(back to pages 57-64) [scrippet]INT. ORMONDE HOTEL LOUNGE — NIGHT Doris, George and Joy meet Gunter as he ENTERS. GUNTER I am sorry… I did not find her. DORIS…
Down time at all YoungWizards.com websites tonight
Per a notification from Lee the Tech Lady: “Just a quick note to let everyone know: our ISP is going to be upgrading the software underlying all the YW.com sites…
ScriptFrenzy 2011: "Dead and Breakfast", pages 57-64
(back to pages 48-56) [scrippet]INT. NEARBY OLD LONDON PUB — NIGHT A quiet place, leaded-glass windows, dark wood paneling, worn plank floor, empty: “fruit machine” video-gambling console DINGING forlornly…
Forget the bunnies. Even the famous gold ones with the bell (which I don’t despise). Here’s something different: a hen and chicks from BienManger.com in France. Meanwhile, I have no…
(back to pp 43-47) [scrippet]INT. RESTAURANT — EVENING A nice restaurant. Joy and Harry are in the middle of the meal. An empty bottle of wine is taken away…
Now this is interesting: a powered exoskeleton for paraplegics
It ain’t cheap. But I wonder if this is one of those things we’re going to see come down in price as the affiliated technologies become cheaper, and as more…
(back to pp 38-42) [scrippet]EXT. PICCADILLY — DAY Joy and Gunter have finished lunch. They EXIT the cafe, walking down Piccadilly toward the Circus. GUNTER No, we don’t have…
(back to pp 32-37) [scrippet]INT. EARL’S COURT COMPUTER SHOW — DAY A big convention-center space, full of crazed computer people selling things to each other as fast as they can.…
…The “ping” being the right-hand earpiece of my glasses made when it snapped. The “Auuuughhh” being the sound I made as I just barely kept them from falling off my…
Back to pp. 26-31 [scrippet]INT. ORMONDE HOTEL BREAKFAST ROOM — MORNING Joy eats her breakfast while reading the paper. George passes by her table, purposely “walking small” and trying…
Over the course of Saturday and Sunday we’ll be trying out some new themes. Please be patient with us, as the layout and look of the blog will be changing…
For those interested: Mr. Squeak is back from the vet hospital
Squeaky practices the stink-eye “Recovering at home,” I guess, is the best phrase to use. He looks a little peculiar, since they partially shaved both his forelegs — one for…
(back to pp. 18-25) [scrippet]INT. ORMONDE HOTEL LOBBY DESK — NIGHT Joy’s finger pressing down hard on the RING HERE FOR SERVICE bell, with the associated strident RINGING. After…
(back to pp. 12-17) [scrippet]INT. HARRODS FOOD HALL — DAY The two of them wander through the place, among the painted tiles and displays of food. JOY So if…
(back to pages 7-11) [scrippet]INT. COLLINS’S HOTEL ROOM — DAY It’s minuscule, decorated in best British ’70’s style: cheap wood paneling, ancient wall-mounted phone and pushbutton radio, tiny built-in…
(Back to pages 1-6) [scrippet]INT. HEATHROW MAIN CONCOURSE — MORNING Joy and Harry have collected their luggage. Joy waits while Harry goes through their carry-on luggage and comes…
Indignant sick kitty is indignant… Just a quick thank-you to those who’ve tweeted and emailed over the weekend to ask how Squeaky is. For the last few months he’d become…
This screenplay has been gestating for a good while — one of those stories that’s been niggling and niggling at me to be told. Like all too many of my…
Young Wizards "original editions" ebook error correction: some more news
I’ve been receiving some complaints about errors in the Young Wizards US/Canadian (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) edition ebooks over the last few months, primarily having to do with typos and scanning…
A couple more snapshots from the "A Wizard of Mars" book trailer
Here are two more wallpapers for those who might be interested in DL’ing them. Once again, these were produced in the wonderful Terragen 2.2. The location is in Syrtis Major,…
But I can’t have one until I make some of this. Swiss “French Dressing” 1 tablespoon salt Grind or two of fresh black pepper 1 tablespoon mustard (ideally a smooth…
