Author: DylanWest

What would happen if humans lived very long lives and enjoyed true anti-aging tech and medical nanobots that eradicate disease? After building a time machine, going to the future, and coming back with a few time burns, I feel qualified to answer this now. -Dwurban, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Wait, what’s a time burn?… Continue reading What if we lived to be 1000 years old?

Are your goals too smart? I wrote a New Years devotional for my church writing group that may help you with your resolution. Hopefully you haven’t given up on it by now. Here’s my writeup: Outer space knows nothing of our new year. Alien telescopes pointed at Earth would find no celestial cause to celebrate January 1st—it’s… Continue reading New Years Goals

Word of the Year In my church writing group, each member picks a word we hope describes the coming year. For 2026, mine is holographic.  Like a hologram, I want: Okay, so science seeps into the very wording of my goals.  The Scribes Series is full of “holograms”, and I never explained how they work and why… Continue reading I Want to Be Holographic

Quirks in the Works I’m taking a break from all the science to tell you more about me. Trigger warning: it’s geeky in here. Here are some of my daily habits: -CC BY 4.0 via www.heute.at My writing and revising habits I could go on, but this feels like plenty. If you want more personal stuff like… Continue reading I’m Basically Daddy Pig

Depth Control In chapter 8 of Scribes Emerge, Mallory sees elemental sulfur scattered across a volcanic area and has this thought: Sulfur. Enough for the Sendians to vulcanize all their rubber tires. The book never explains what vulcanization is, so we’ll look at this right now. Let’s start with natural rubber, which comes from latex: -By Vyacheslav… Continue reading How Rubber is Made

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Now that I’ve passed my IT recertification exam, I’m designing more of Scribes’ Descent, the game. And to play Hollow Knight Silksong that just released. I take design notes while I play, so it’s not all goofing around. 😀 I’m testing out some new game mechanics, and I’ll get back to you… Continue reading How Do Fish Control Their Depth?

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: No progress on the game this month while I prep for an IT certification renewal exam. Provided I pass it on Thursday, I plan to turn my focus to building out the next area of Scribes’ Descent. Thermodynamics, the Toddler Musical In chapter 10 of Scribes Emerge, Rain explains to the people of Sendia… Continue reading Glorious Air Conditioning

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: I finally worked on the game again! Several bug fixes: Once I’m done renewing an IT certification (AWS Associate Developer), I can devote time to building out the next big area of the game. In Scribes Emerge, Mallory carves a diamond out of a cavern wall with her Sword. While cutting it,… Continue reading A Glowing Diamond

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Still no game updates, but I did send Scribes Emerge to beta readers! As soon as this little book goes to market, my attention will be focused squarely (and triangularly) on the game for a few months! Oh, and here’s the cover: I did this one myself, except for the 3 circles… Continue reading How Accelerometers Work

Fellow Science Lovers, Game update: Still no game updates. Sorry for the delay, but I need to give Scribes Emerge more editorial noogies before I plop it in the laps of my beta readers. And just now, autocorrect wanted me to change “noogies” to “boogies.”  Inertial Sensors In chapter 1 of Scribes’ Descent, Mallory installs an inertial sensor suite into a mini drone.… Continue reading How Does Your Phone Know When You Rotate It?