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One Paragraph Short Stories 2019 – Submit Your Own Story Now!
You can post your one paragraph story as a comment to this blog or submit it to me directly via our Contact Us form. Please make sure it's one paragraph and one paragraph only and that you submit your best work, including spell checking. Multiple submissions from the same person are fine. -
Sexist snow plowing and other data bias unearthed in new podcast
The ever-excellent Big Picture Science, which is produced at the SETI Institute and has proven itself one of my favorite podcasts over the years, has a superb new episode on Data Bias in their ongoing Skeptic Check series. Here's their summary of the episode that provides some truly eye-opening revelations: -
Pay what you want for the Humble Book Bundle: Build It Yourself by Chronicle Books & Princeton Architectural Press
The Humble Book Bundle: Build It Yourself by Chronicle Books & Princeton Architectural Press just launched on Monday, August 12 at 11 a.m. Pacific time. Craft, build, stitch, or assemble your next project with ebooks like How to Make It, World of Geekcraft, How to Build a Hovercraft, and more! -
Pay what you want for The Humble Book Bundle: STEM Bookshelf by Mercury Learning!
The Humble Book Bundle: STEM Bookshelf by Mercury Learning just launched on Monday, June 3 at 11 a.m. Pacific time! Mercury Learning is back with a library of ebooks on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Get AutoCAD 2020 Beginning and Intermediate, Photograph Restoration and Enhancement Using Adobe Photoshop, Mathematical Methods for Physics, and more. -
Review: Astrohaus Freewrite (2nd Gen) smart distraction-free typewriter
COUPON: Get 5% off an Astrohaus Freewrite or Traveler by using coupon code ARMCHAIR at checkout A version of this review for the first generation Freewrite appeared on Armchair Arcade back in 2017. I’ve updated my review here for the second generation Freewrite, which is available now, as is its more portable companion, the Traveler. […] -
Pay what you want and learn to program and more from online courses in the Humble Intro to Code Bundle!
The Humble Intro to Code Bundle Here’s the link! Awesome online courses for you. We’ve teamed up with Zenva Academy for our newest bundle! Get access to online courses on game development, web development, computer vision, machine learning and AI, data science and more. Plus, your purchase will support Girls Who Code, Code.org and a charity […] -
Name your own price for great video game industry books, including Vintage Game Consoles!
The Humble Book Bundle: Break into the Game Industry by CRC Press There’s a great new Humble Bundle featuring fantastic game design and other video game books, including my own Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time. Here’s the link to check it out! […] -
The Strange Interactions Between “Sabine und Michael”
My daughter is taking full-year German this year and came home with an odd worksheet featuring very rudimentary cartoon drawings that are used to tell a story. Seems like a good concept but the associated dialogue left us all a bit dumbfounded. Here’s the page and translation: ———————– Mr. Schmidt: “How old are you, Sabine?” […] -
What can we learn from a fitness magazine from March 1938? – Part 02
I’ve had a personal interest in fitness, and bodybuilding in particular, since I was a child. Besides the important parts related to practicing good nutrition and actually working out, I’ve also always been keen to read up on the subject. This reading not only involved learning about the science of working out and all that […] -
Pay what you want for great games in the Humble Indie PlayStation Bundle 2019!
The Humble Indie PlayStation Bundle 2019 just launched on Tuesday, January 29 at 11 a.m. Pacific time! A new PlayStation bundle? Yes, indie-d! Welcome to our very first mixed-publisher PlayStation bundle. Get games like Killing Floor 2, Shadow Warrior 2, Layers of Fear, The Talos Principle, and plenty more for your PS4. Happy gaming! Here’s the link!
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