Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Willpower, Attention Shifting, and Glucose

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Bruce Keener

From the reading I’ve done over the past couple of years, I’ve noticed that an increasing number of psychologists  believe willpower is more important to success than IQ. I’m not a psychologist, but I have observed that most of the … Continue reading →

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Spam from a Deleted Google+ Account

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Bruce Keener

I am getting what I consider to be “spam” notifications from Google+, even though I deleted my G+ account several weeks ago. Although many people find that G+ is the ideal social platform for them, I deleted my G+ account … Continue reading →

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Too Typical?

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Bruce Keener

P.Z. Meyers over at Pharyngula has noted that Sarah Palin has quit her bus tour while only half-way through it: “She’s done. She’s been on this cross-country bus tour to promote her folksy ways, and now she has quit halfway … Continue reading →

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Readings: the Code of Life, Making Sense of Philosophy

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As regular readers know, I encourage everyone to be active learners and to study something beyond their normal fields. Areas that are particularly fertile for me are microbiology and philosophy, because I know so little about either: I learn something … Continue reading →

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Voluntary Tax: A Way for Buffett to Put Up or Shut Up

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Billionaire Warren Buffett has often said that he believes all wealthy people, including himself, should pay more tax. A recent instance of his making such remarks is noted in this ABC This Week post. I suppose he’s serious about this. … Continue reading →

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WordPress, Caching, and Choice of Themes

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Bruce Keener

It’s nice that those of us who want to blog have WordPress available as a blogging platform. It is free and open-sourced and is frequently updated with new features and patches of inevitable bugs. But, it is not built for … Continue reading →

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Restringing a Classical Guitar

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Bruce Keener

I hate restringing guitars, especially the Classicals, because new strings on the latter tend to take a good long while to finish stretching, requiring a lot of retuning. Plus, if you don’t restring often, then you can wind up like … Continue reading →

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Links of Interest, 2010 Sep 12

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Here are links to some recent articles I found particularly interesting: TechCrunch on why Android is not working out to be as open as Google wanted. David Rock, author of Your Brain at Work, on how to have more insights. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Steven Hawking’s “The Grand Design”

Posted on September 11, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As a strong believer that we should be continuous learners, regardless of age, I buy just about all the popular physics books. I am especially interested in the physics surrounding the origin of our universe, and so I bought Stephen … Continue reading →

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Who Are Good Role Models for my Grandchildren?

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Bruce Keener

My oldest grandson turned 14 yesterday, which got me wondering about who would be a good role model for him. I quickly realized that his sister and younger brother are growing up quickly, too, and wondered about role models for … Continue reading →

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