Millet appears to have been domesticated in China before rice +/- 7500 years ago. First noodles made from millet. http://ping.fm/ivuco

"The Hollowing" and "Emerald City" short listed for 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Award in fantasy/science fiction http://ping.fm/tVSLO

Amazon is closing some of its distribution centers http://ping.fm/3echo

Cast of 'Hobbit', Homo floresiensis,17,000 year-old species of human, to be on display at evolution symposium http://ping.fm/NaelA

World's oldest steel has been discovered in Turkey. Ironware knife, 4000 years old http://ping.fm/qfkjO

Fast-biting predatory fish may become extinct more quickly due to slower recovery times during catastrophes http://ping.fm/8Gb5Z

Throw your batteries away? New technology recharges with a gesture, a heartbeat. Mechanical energy into electrical http://ping.fm/mJezH

Just finished review edits for CTR. Next, 1000 words. Then, a training day. Bringing along my archaeo tome to read at breaks.

Exceedingly rare extinct octopus fossils found, complete with arms, suckers, and ink http://ping.fm/czu5r

Medieval vampires in Venice, kept from biting by placement of a brick in the corpse's mouth:a gruesome explanation http://ping.fm/NHqk6

Africans in New World may have arrived with Columbus:centuries before the slave trade brought them to the Americas http://ping.fm/uvdJ5

Finished most recent batch of edits Sat. My most recent book, BohE, was released last Thurs. Red-faced at the oversight, but well-reviewed.

Still searching for the weekend, LOL! It came and went, while I worked through edits and writing. Up to 6K, 5K, & 18K in my latest WIPs

Ever wonder where that term "Stone Age" came from? http://ping.fm/8NDRl

Morning, World! Just doing a bit of writing, but worked on palaeoanthro research last night. Off to work soon...

New evidence that Peking Man lived in one of chilliest periods yet (glacial:770,000 years ago).How did he survive? http://ping.fm/nKZiF

Exposure to traffic(driving, public transportation, even biking)increases heart attack risk.Stress + air pollution?http://ping.fm/p9Ssm

Absolutely amazing: Roman-built aqueduct, 106 km long, which took 120 yrs to build by hand...& began in 90 A.D. http://ping.fm/C6nHi

Have to say the comments, about the latest HP being mostly romance, disappoint. I want action, thrills, suspense in HP, not romance. Yawn...

Half Blood Prince film flubs at its test run http://ping.fm/qJ5Vz

Two nice pics of a carved rectangular stone from eastern China, believed to depict the nomadic Huns (200 BC) http://ping.fm/SLxy7

Want smarter teens?Feed them fish.6% higher IQs. Fish consumption may be 1 of the reasons humans have large brains http://tinyurl.com/czhcuh

1700-year-old Roman joke book, written in Greek by Hierocles & Philagrios, has been discovered. Toga humor http://ping.fm/Jdz5O

About to actually WRITE. Radio show in 5 hours, then archeology seminar 4 hours after that. Sometime in-between a blog entry + review edits

Working on edits. Radio show & group appearance later, + book & cover info to deliver to other pub. 2 interviews to do, too. Going mad...?

Have editing to do. Only a wee bit in 1 book to go. Why do "wee bits" always take on enormous proportions (except when u want 'em to, LOL!)?

The "top 10 unexplained phenomena": http://ping.fm/Kmgbq Just a hint - most of them involve ESP (precogs to deja vu to ghosts).

Real monster in Borneo? Or hoax? http://ping.fm/lb8GY

Fish with see-through head. Deep-sea denizen has bright green glowing eyes extremely sensitive to light. Video. http://ping.fm/cldDO

Wave hi as it goes by... Asteroid 10-stories high slips past Earth. http://ping.fm/A4GOW

The first computer actually designed in 1822? Also interesting info in the comments. http://ping.fm/K88g9