So last week I went to a Civil War Museum in Minnesota. This is it (above). The Prospect House & Civil War Museumhttp://www.prospecthousemuseum.org/
They were having a festival so it was even more interesting than I expected. I went in with no plan (much like I write my books!!!) and just wanted to learn and maybe to touch!I'd like to think it's the cowboy shoot-'em-up genre in which I write, but I just love historical guns. This lady(above), in period appropriate costume, sat behind this table of authentic Civil War Era guns and knives.
And here is a case of Confederate currency. Money is unbelievable difficult to pin down. It was not always the standardized system we have today.
And sometimes when I'm walking through museums I strike gold.I did that in this picture, above.A Yellow Boy Rifle.I'd never heard of a Yellow Boy before I began my most recent WIP. Then I found a reference to it and how widespread it's use and have one of my heroes carrying a Yellow Boy.And here one is. And the man who was standing beside me knew all about it. All about guns in general. He showed me how to load it and cock it.I think he'd have let me pick it up but I didn't want to push my luck.I also didn't want to end up face down on the floor with a SWAT team member's foot on my neck
It's such a small thing, but now when my hero is drawing his rifle I've got a visual. I can really see him cocking the gun, loading the gun. I can see that brass plate that gave it the nickname Yellow Boy. And I try NOT to dwell on details like that, but I think you can see in an author's work when she knows what she'd talking about. (I hope not since mostly I don't!!!)Now it's your turn.Tell me about research. It's not just for historical fiction.If you've ever set a book anywhere outside your home town you know that!!!Tell me about a time you got out from behind your desk and really touched something.Tell me if it helped or affected how you wrote in any way.Or if you have never done that, then tell me about something great you found during research that made it all worthwhile.And be on the lookout for a Yellow Boy Rifle in an upcoming release by Mary Connealy.Leave any comment to get your name in the drawing for a signed copy ofA Bride for All Seasons.http://www.maryconnealy.com Source:http://seekerville.blogspot.com/2013/08/wiki-google-me-research.html
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By Navneet Joneja, Product ManagerCross-posted from the Google Cloud Platform BlogLast year we announced Google Compute Engine to enable any business or developer to use Google’s infrastructure for their applications. Now we’re taking the next step: Google Compute Engine is open to everyone in preview, and you can sign up online now.Over the past year, we’ve launched several features and made significant improvements behind the scenes. We’re now announcing several new capabilities that make it easier and more economical to use Compute Engine for a broader set of applications.Sub-Hour Billing: We heard feedback from our early users who wanted more granular billing increments so they could run short-lived workloads. Now all instances are charged for in one-minute increments with a ten-minute minimum, so you don’t pay for compute minutes that you don’t use.New shared-core instance types: Compute Engine’s new micro and small instance types are designed as a cost-effective option for running small workloads that don’t need a lot of CPU power, like development and test workloads.Larger Persistent Disks: We’re increasing the size of Persistent Disks that can be attached to instances by up to 8,000%. You can now attach up to 10 terabytes of persistent disk to a Compute Engine virtual machine, giving you plenty of persistent storage for a wide variety of applications.Advanced Routing Capabilities: Compute Engine now supports software-defined routing capabilities based on our broad SDN innovation. These capabilities are designed to handle your advanced network routing needs like configuring instances to function as gateways, configuring VPN servers and building applications that span your local network and Google’s cloud.ISO 27001 Certification: We’ve also completed ISO 27001:2005 certification for Compute Engine, App Engine, and Cloud Storage to demonstrate that these products meet the international standard for managing information security.To get started, go to the Google Cloud Console, select Compute Engine and click the “New Instance” button.
Fill out the required information and click “Create” on the right hand side. Your new virtual machine will be ready to use in about a minute.To all of our customers who helped us evolve the product over the past months, thank you; your feedback has helped shape Compute Engine. To those of you who have been eager to try Compute Engine, the wait is over and you can sign up for Compute Engine online today.Navneet Joneja loves being at the forefront of the next generation of simple and reliable software infrastructure, the foundation on which next-generation technology is being built. When not working, he can usually be found dreaming up new ways to entertain his intensely curious three-year-old.Posted by Scott Knaster, Editor
