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Numbers to Think About
A few weeks ago, well-known astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson tweeted the following: Causes of death worldwide in past three months: Starvation: 9,000,000. Malaria: 750,000. Car Crash: 300,000. Quakes: 21. These numbers have been on my mind ever since, so I … Continue reading
Being In Awe
Earlier this summer, sparrows built a nest on a downspout attached to my garage. The part of the downspout they built on was nestled under the eaves, providing protection from weather. From my kitchen window, I could see the sparrows … Continue reading
Homemade Religion
This is just an observation about religion. I’m not trying to stir up any controversy, just making some observations and sort of thinking out loud. Feel free to chime in with your comments. I noticed that famous author Anne Rice … Continue reading
Free Customized Thesis Skin and Genesis Child Theme [WordPress]
I have been a fan of open-source software ever since I first learned of it over 20 years ago. I do get annoyed at times when I see it promoted with more of a religious fervor than a focus on … Continue reading
New Physics? Maybe.
Physicist Erik Verlinde believes he has a new explanation for gravity. From the abstract of his paper: Starting from first principles and general assumptions Newton’s law of gravitation is shown to arise naturally and unavoidably in a theory in which … Continue reading
Various Blogging Items [WordPress]
As a heads-up to all subscribers, I plan to turn this into a personal blog in which I write articles on whatever topics interest me. I no longer intend to focus only on life management, technology, and learning topics, although … Continue reading
If You Think Today’s Technology Is Cool, Think About This
It’s been a while since I have talked about our ability to control our own evolution. But, some recent developments and a few interesting articles made me think this is a good time to revisit the subject. In particular, the … Continue reading
Is YouTube Now Part of the Apple-Google War?
Saturday afternoon I recorded a guitar tune video, using Apple’s QuickTimePlayer, and then used the player to upload the video to YouTube, as I had successfully done with 24 other videos. The upload went fine, but then the “waiting on … Continue reading
Smart Advice for Business and Life: Review of Rework
I am a huge fan of 37signals: its Basecamp product (haven’t tried the other products), its blog, and its founders. So, I bought Rework, the founders’ latest book, as soon as it became available (back in March). I read through … Continue reading
Tips and Insights from Twitter (5-18-2010)
While scouring some Tweets that I had saved as favorites, I thought these would be of interest to many of you: keener This works well: http://www.reclaimprivacy.org/ Identified a Facebook privacy setting that I hadn’t fixed to be most secure. CoryBooker … Continue reading