When we were Cannibals
Sally Eberhardt is into networking. So when she had the opportunity to become an Extra on a movie, she took it, along with her partner and his daughter. The film, Two Head’s Creek, was a comedy horror which was on location in a small ghost town called Cracow. Sally’s account of this adventure was first aired in our podcast Cracow and Two Heads Creek, and the piece is appropriately titled When we were Cannibals.
Wordsmiths
Wordsmiths is a short blog comprising of two previous blogs. We all use words to communicate, but some people use them in a special way: to communicate information or to emit emotion. Jill Korn is a Scriptwriter Wordmith, and she gives a little information on how this came about. In particular, she is honing her skills in a special niche. Fan Fiction of historical figures.
Diana Guillemin a Linguist. Many of us don’t even know what that is, and in fact, think it is simply a form of Semantics – involved with meaning. Not true says Diana, who explains What it is, and How it works. Of equal interest is Why she became interested. Intriguing.
The Space Race – A Personal Story
The Space Race – A Personal Story. At the beginning of September, Falcon 9 launched 60 satellites into orbit for the Starlink broadband network – a necessary addition to our daily lives – especially since Covid19 has created lockdowns in most countries. So it seemed a good time to go back to the beginning of satellite communications, which takes us way back to the early 1960’s – over half a century ago.
Patrick Hetherman remembers those days very well, because as a young family man, he came to Australia from the U.K. to join a NASA tracking station at Cooby Creek, which would not only play a part for the 1969 moon landing but be an essential step forward for mankind’s ability to communicate into remote areas. And Pat has an interesting story to impart about that famous first moon landing – that few people know about.
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