For the upcoming The Magician’s Nephew movie, I found this AI depiction of what Jadis’s costume what might look like. Some glimpses came out last year, but it wasn’t a full view because they were worn by the actress’s stunt double while riding a horse. We aren’t to see for ourselves until 2027. Seems …
Category: Seattle
Jet Age [Reading Challenge 2019]
Jet Age: The Comet, the 707, and the Race to Shrink the World by Sam Howe Verhovek Avery, 2010 [Challenge # 25: A book in which airplanes figure prominently.] Hubris and aviation have a long, intertwined history together. Overconfidence in a flight control system most likely caused the recent crashes of a Boeing 737 Max …
Worldbuilding Wednesday 2/20/19: Coffee Houses
The inhabitants of Seattle drink more coffee than in any other American city, and we also boast more independent coffee houses than other American city. The trend began when Starbucks opened its first store in Pike Place Market in 1971, and really began to take off in the late 1980s and early 1990s. As a …



