Ada Lovelace Day
Just saw that today is Ada Lovelace Day, "an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in...
Archive for Technology
The Mystery of the Possessed Microwave
Yesterday, I heard a series of electronic-sounding beeps, at irregular intervals. When it had gone on for a couple of...
Disappointing technology
I've been disappointed with lack of forward progress in various technological stuff lately.
Space party
Turns out that it was declared a few years back that April 12 of every year is Yuri's Night, a...
Non-technical PSA re GFI
If you live in the US, and your home has a modern electrical system, chances are good that you have...
On Girls, Boys, and IT Careers
A couple of weeks ago, there was a totally fabulous talk at Google: Dr. Cornelia Brunner of the Center for...
The predictive power of fantasy
People are always talking about the amazing predictive abilities of science fiction. But what about fantasy? Yes, yes, Arthur C....
Items: Robot fish and zombie worms, and other tech toys
This set is somewhat miscellaneous, but a lot of it has to do with cool toys: hardware, software, and other....
Items: Physics, astronomy, space, math, illusion
Buncha cool stuff here, including some videos and music, on various geeky topics. Physics of Oobleck (that is, of corn...