December 2011
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To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be...
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It is my belief that the writer, the free-lance author, should be and must be a...
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Grelling's Paradox
If a homological adjective is one that is true of itself, e.g. “polysyllabic”, and a heterological adjective is one which is not true of itself, e.g., “bisyllabic”, then what about “heterological?” Is it heterological or not?
October 2011
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Oh my goodness robots can build themselves →
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Make your body into a touch screen →
This is the coolest thing ever. SCIENCE.
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Live for awhile in the books you love. Learn from them what is worth learning,...
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The object of liberal training is not learning, but discipline and the...
– Woodrow Wilson
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Skin Gun That Sprays New Skin on Burn Victims →
Um, what? Science = WIN.
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Floating Pool to Clean NYC's Water →
I’m a sucker for well-designed, creative solutions to environmental issues.
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How bank notes could be designed →
These are awesome. Beautiful, sensitive to the visually impaired and very very clever.
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Everything is going to be alright →
Turn on the light
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You are beautiful →
How lovely to be reminded.
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A lovely story about size, beauty and being human →
Read it. Let it make your day.
September 2011
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Australia Gets Drunk, Wakes Up in North Atlantic →
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How to Post Photos on the Internet →
Wonderfully snarky description of photos on the web
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10 Things Everyone Should Know About Time →
Great simple overview of what we know about that ephemeral strange thing we experience as time.
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August 2011
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The Egg →
A wonderful short story
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”Knowledge” is simply that which we understand, that which manages...
– Anonymous
All too true. A fairly well-understood epistemology.