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I’ve been meaning to write this down for a long time. There are two very widespread and very annoying idioms that I see a lot in …
Personal

I just watched Contact again for the first time in a while. A major theme of the movie is that the goals of science and religion are so …
Personal

There is a great deal of controversy at the moment over Intelligent Design (ID) being taught in science classrooms. I have always felt …
Personal

My second Mac moment came when using the text editor TextWrangler to work on ShelfCentered.com. Yesterday I had put my Mac on mute for …
Mac stuff

At my workplace, the Mac platform is often derided by what I consider typical “PC guys.” These are technically savvy folks …
Mac stuff

I’ve had poker on my mind since last Thanksgiving, specifically Texas Hold’em. At this point, I have special hold’em …
Personal

For the last couple of months, I’ve been working on a new side project that my wife, brother and sister and I came up with, …
Tech

My friend and former coworker, Robert Miner, has written an article about MathML in the latest issue of Notices of the American …
Tech

I don’t understand daylight savings time. No one I talk to has a clear idea of when and why it was invented. What country started …
Personal

I visited my parents for the holidays again this year, and like last year I decided to read some of their C. S. Lewis collection. I …
Personal