Archive for “October, 2010”

How Long Does It Take to Charge an Electric Car?

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Another in a series of posts I’ve written for Planet Green’s new electric car hub, thanks to two years of working with fellow Discovery site HowStuffWorks.com on their autos channel.


How Much Does It Cost to Charge an Electric Car?

Monday, October 18th, 2010

Hooray! My first posts to Planet Green, via How Stuff Works, and all under the Discovery umbrella, have gone up. This one breaks down the cost to the consumer at the plug.


30 Things I Have Done to Avoid Working on This Novel

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

Laundry
Dishes
Taken on new paying projects — not necessarily well-paying, and not necessarily fun, and not necessarily platform-building
Read other people’s novels for inspiration
Read the New Yorker for instruction
Read magazines for distraction
Pondered whether I should use laptop or paper and pen
Pondered rewriting chapter 1 already, though I’m only on chapter 8
Pondered the length of my nails
Cut my [...]


Jaguar C-X75 Concept Car Profile

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Who knows if this will ever be a real, road-going car, but as a glimpse into Jag’s future, this concept was worth a write-up on About.com.