{"id":3226,"date":"2008-12-14T04:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2008\/12\/14\/links-for-20081214\/"},"modified":"2008-12-14T04:00:30","modified_gmt":"2008-12-14T04:00:30","slug":"links-for-20081214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/12\/14\/links-for-20081214\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-12-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"delicious\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nanoscale.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/manhattan-and-apollo-project-metaphors.html\">nanoscale views: Manhattan and Apollo project metaphors<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;Relatively regularly these days there are calls for a Manhattan or Apollo style project to address our energy challenges. While this may sound good, it&#8217;s worth considering what such a project would actually mean.&quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/science\">science<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/economics\">economics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/energy\">energy<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/environment\">environment<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/US\">US<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/politics\">politics<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/blogs\">blogs<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"delicious-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandonsanderson.com\/article\/40\/Sandersons-First-Law\">Brandon Sanderson: Sanderson&#8217;s First Law<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-extended\">&quot;For a while now, I&#8217;ve been working on various theories regarding magic systems. There&#8217;s a lot to consider here. As a writer, I want a system that is fun to write. As a reader, I want something that is something fun to read. As a storyteller, I want a setting element that is narratively sound and which offers room for mystery and discovery. A good magic system should both visually appealing and should work to enhance the mood of a story. It should facilitate the narrative, and provide a source of conflict. &quot;<\/div>\n<div class=\"delicious-tags\">(tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/books\">books<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/writing\">writing<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/SF\">SF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/orzelc\/fantasy\">fantasy<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>nanoscale views: Manhattan and Apollo project metaphors &quot;Relatively regularly these days there are calls for a Manhattan or Apollo style project to address our energy challenges. While this may sound good, it&#8217;s worth considering what such a project would actually mean.&quot; (tags: science economics energy environment US politics blogs) Brandon Sanderson: Sanderson&#8217;s First Law &quot;For&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2008\/12\/14\/links-for-20081214\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">links for 2008-12-14<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links_dump","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}