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My picks [hope you noticed the pun!] of the week from DeviantArt. Will hopefully update weekly (last update 30 Nov 2022). Come regularly if you want to check out the pics. Old pics may be removed when new ones go up. [If any artist has objections to the links, please fill in a comment on the Comments page and I will remove the material reasonably promptly.]

Check out the original art (links are on the name of the artwork) and the artists on DeviantArt (links are on their names). This artwork is usually available for sale. You can buy prints. Support the artists.

My viewpoint (latest updates first): About JQuasarD, I'm too biased, though I can safely say that I enjoy the image titles as much as the images. These three 3d fractals are all from the same high-tech future world. Sporulation shows the plants on the fantastic planet, and Antenna002 and Caged Rotor are the high-tech equipment. Kumo Station is an old piece by talented JacobCharlesDietz (I love the look of the material: floating concrete?) T.rex Youngsters is a great example of Arvalis's awesome dinos (also does pokemons and fantastic monsters). Time for a Refueling Stop by Smiling-Demon brings out the dark and cold of space very well, very space opera, and the artist's 'Portal' series deserves to be checked out. snatti89's cat is cute, and the lighting is fabulous. wlop (who is so famous and popular that users of AI art instruct it to produce stuff "in the style of wlop") has these amazing characters, each frame with a whole story, not to mention the lovely art. marijeberting's Daisies make me feel happy, High summer makes me feel... cold and dry. This is clearly a cold, cold world. The Organic Chemistry Lab is a lovely mix of fractal art and realistic figures: very futuristic and sci fi, and fractals are this artist's forte. Ringrunners by GrahamTG evokes the best space opera. Magic Forest by FenghuaZhongg is magic art in just two colours. batjorge's fractal Elementary Particles is just one of many beautiful fractals by this artist. I don't EVER want to meet ErikShoemaker's Parasite! (update: neither does Erik!). Hel1x's Refraction is an exploration of reflections and fractals, with the human figure added. Are those green masses the desired outcome, or are they contaminated? You decide. [Other descriptions deleted as the images have given way to fresh ones].

Other artists to check out (in no particular order) panjool, thefirstfleet (Star Trek fanart), 3DLandscapeArtist, Artur Rosa aka ArthurBlue (one of my all-time faves), eddie-mendoza (cyberpunk) and JQuasarD.

What's new*

*up to about one year ago

November 2023

Updates to Conversations In Law: Do we have prenuptial agreements in India, Errors in arbitral awards.

October 2023

Splitting Conversations In Law into separate topics. Updates to Conversations In Law: Rules of procedure in arbitration, Marriage and contracts (2 posts), Odd number of arbitrators, Non-compete, Arbitrable disputes, Stamped agreements and arbitration (SCI hearing), Weaker party in contracts, Ambiguity in contracts.

September 2023

Updates to Conversations In Law: Arbitration Tribunal, Joining letters, How is an arbitration initiated?, Promises under Force Majeure, An arbitration agreement is a powerhouse, Is your house lease a contract, Can a party refuse arbitration, Why you should get a lawyer to look at your contract, When one can Agree to Arbitration.

August 2023

A new section, "Conversations In Law", with updates once or twice a week. Topics covered so far: Why one should put Contracts in Writing; Seat vs Venue of arbitration in international arbitration; Can you enforce an oral contract?; Seat vs Venue of arbitration in domestic arbitration; Arbitration or mediation, which one to choose?. Science fiction from Granta (Domain).

July 2023

Added more old posts from G+ days: innumeracy, a poem, puns and toons, a rant, icons for the SF/fantasy fan, a social experiment on perception, some nice images and their backstory, web development resource, brain myths.

June 2023

Finally finished the conversion. Added some more old posts from G+ days: Telepresence robotics, how to make friends, changing education paradigms, award-winning bad writing, a super-short story, an optical illusion, graphene in space, a solar storm and Earth, science fiction covers, more toons to check out, driving a car on Google Maps, a meme, two moons of Earth, finding pdf manuals, story The Mercy Dash, theremin, more banter with friends, literally cool stars, what is time?, stunning infra-red photos, salt evaporation ponds, the Win XP wallpaper, story Fur Trap, tractor beams, puns, punny blog, quotes, pale blue dot.

March - May 2023

More stories. In The Shona Baby, our detective tackles a most mysterious kidnapping case.

New google sites is now 'compulsory'. So I do the struggle to make the transition. And it's not smooth. If someone knows how to add  a 'Go to top of page' link in hypertext, let me know! (update, June: I worked it out, heh).

February 2023

New page: Life hacks. We start with how to make 'instant' tomato puree.

December 2022

My new favourite font maker

November 2022

Links to a page with links to super-short science fiction stories.

A new page: Plant things, starts out with startling evidence of plant intelligence.

The Stories page is reorganised! The sections are split off into sub-pages, as the main page was becoming too unweildy. Also see a new link to a story about when a genie gets the wish wrong.

Thought to speech technology.

A new way to measure time intervals.

Intelligent single-celled slime molds.

October 2022

A link to a story in the form of a comic via GeeksAreSexy.Net (fantasy section of the Stories page).

The discovery of the supervillain of dental caries, and how spores restart dead bacteria.

'Mind reading' via fMRI.

Inside the proton.

September 2022

A new short story. A seatbelt story.

August 2022

A new link to one of the shortest horror stories you ever read. Here. (Untitled short by Clickhole)