Astronomical Quandaries and the Greenhouse Effect
The worst heat wave I can recall hit just a few days before we departed on our little stargazing adventure in the mountains. Thought the forest offered relief from the heat dissipating upwards from the near-molten concrete of urban areas and highways, the scathing rays of hyperintensive sunshine do not let go no matter how [...]
On the Concept of Emergence In Various Systems
During the sixties, science fiction went through a bit of a revolution that seems to echo to this day. When fields such as sociology, psychology and history became the “S” in SF, the traditional branch stemming back to Wells and Verne, with the shoddy characterization and simple gung-ho narratives serving as little more than an [...]
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- the perfect storm. #
- happily arrived at a mostly Teutonic nudie camp near Punta Kriza. Tent up, food ready, Dalmatian music playing. World, I'm dead for you. #
- on the road again, to Cres. Hit Lovran & Ika on the way... what a trip down memory lane - I remember *everything*. Squee! #
- naked under clear blue skies, by the crystal blue waters in Kamenjak nature park at the tip of Istria. Nearest neighbors-50m to either side. #
- through hail to a sunny afternoon in Rovinj. It's beautiful, but I remember almost nothing-what I do curiously shrank during the last 25yrs #
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