General/misc. Name Generators. Writing Generators. Random Generators. The Generator Blog. Names. Manfred's little generator page. Random Inn/Tavern Generator. Current Settings (Because this is a set of separate images, to save the floorplans you should: press your "print screen" key (or your computer's equivalent) and then open your favorite image editor and paste the screenshot into a new image.
Then crop the rest of the screen. Some word processors will also allow you to paste the screenshot and even crop it. Random Tavern Generator. Viruses Harnessed to Create Energy. A postage stamp-sized electrode coated with specially engineered viruses converts a finger tap into electricity.
Engineered viruses are being used to convert the tap of a finger into electricity. The advance could lead to paper-thin generators. Researchers are putting viruses to work in the lab, using them to build tiny devices that gather energy from mechanical forces, like the press of a finger, to run a small liquid-crystal display "More research is needed, but our work is a promising first step toward the development of personal power generators, actuators for use in nano-devices, and other devices based on viral electronics," study researcher Seung-Wuk Lee, at the University of California — Berkeley, said in a statement. ANALYSIS: Engineered Virus Could Kill Cancer These first steps could lead to a device that could work as a paper-thin generator.
They then upped this effect by manipulating the viral genes to add four negatively charged molecules into the viruses' outer coat. 100 Resources for Writers. Update (9/2014): This list should probably be retitled “Almost 100 Resources for Writers.”
Some dead links have been removed since this was originally published in 2013. Before you get started, a few notes on the links. First of all, I don’t necessarily use or outright endorse all of these resources myself. Thing is, in compiling this list I started thinking, “Who am I to judge what is helpful for other writers?” My goal is to provide you with a starting point for online exploration, not tell you what to do.
Resources By Topic There really is a lot of stuff here. Writing Prompts Help for Fiction Writers General Writing Freelance Writing Networking, Classes & Workshops Starting Your Author Blog Blogs By Writers Miscellaneous Resources Writer’s Resources: Writing Prompts Sometimes it’s not the writing that’s tricky. Ficly: A collaborative place for micro-fiction. Plinky: Writing prompts change daily. Writer’s Digest Promptly Blog: Look for prompts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. CJ Lyons. Mythical Creatures List, Mythical Creatures A-Z.
RPG Mapping Tools. Deck of Many Things Generator. Extended Traveller Character Motivations. NPC Background Generator. Most Dungeon Masters and players enjoy the process of creating a history or background story for their characters.
In fact, the Hero Builder? S Guidebook features an extensive chapter on creating backgrounds for your PCs. Create your own Marvel superhero online - Time Waster - Download. By Lee Mathews on January 12, 2009 at 06:00 PM What better way to blow an afternoon at work than doodling cool superheros on your post it notes?
How about a wicked, Flash-based web app from Marvel that does the same thing? Choose a hero pack for fast creations, or roll your own from scratch using hundreds of design elements - from skin types to facial hair to tails. There are three base characters: the thin but cut male hero (Cyclops, Spiderman), the brutish male (Thing, Hulk), and, of course, the stereotypical curvaceous female (every female hero ever). It's actually kind of scary how close I was able to get to Bill Clinton using Marvel's hero parts. Quickly, X-President! Tags: marvel-comics, superhero, timewasters.
Maps of Mastery. Instant Dragon Generator. City and Town Name Generator for RPGs and Writers. Serendipity Name, City and Town Generator. Town Generator for D&D. Town Generator - provided by the Red Dragon Inn. City Generator. Made a city detail generator. RPG Tools: Town Generator.