Public Enemy Number 1 – The Herpes Viruses as Causative Agents For Most...
Article Navigation: Previous Article in this series – Next Article in this series This is the story of a life-form. A very small, tiny encapsulated bundle of DNA that can replicate by itself, with the...
View ArticleBeards and Skirts … and Sh*t Hitting The Fan
Good Economic Times – Illustrated Believe it or not, fashion can demonstrate exactly how well a company, or a country is doing. It’s a phenomenon called The Environmental Security Hypothesis. Here’s...
View ArticleSuper Cool Universe Sandbox Simulator
Digg this up and give the author some love: http://digg.com/pc_games/Fantastic_Universe_Simulator (and by the way, there’s a video linked from the Digg article, so check that out too). It’s a pretty...
View ArticleDino Rossi Campaign uses Subliminal Messaging
Dino Rossi is running for Governor of Washington State right now. Watch the ad though… there’s something funny going on here. Did you catch it? I assure you, there’s a subliminal message in there,...
View ArticleWhy Evolution Just Makes Sense
A lot of Intelligent Design proponents believe that cells are too complex to have arisen randomly. They point to the micro-machines of the organelles and say that there is no way this could happen...
View ArticleThe Pyramids, Skyscrapers and Evolution
(Why Evolution Just Makes Sense: Part 2) One common argument of the Intelligent Design crowd is that things like the eye, the brain, even the cell are too complex to have arisen by chance. They say...
View ArticleConduction, Convection and Radiation…
… and the most important of these is Conduction… So I’m watching Mission to Mars right now, and like Sunshine, it gets the whole idea of being exposed to outer space somewhat… wrong. Heat’s a finicky...
View ArticleLaws of the Universe: Gallagher’s Law
Gallagher’s Law: If a demonstration can go wrong so that the first three rows of the audience will be splattered with something, it will. Note that the amount it will go wrong is proportional to how...
View ArticleStupid Human Tricks Part 1: Measure Your Own White Blood Cell Count
Over the years, I’ve come up with a few little sneaky tricks that others might have missed. It’s amazing what you can figure out if you keep an eye out for things that are interesting, (or weird) and...
View ArticleI’m not lazy – I’m just sleepy
There was a big debate on a videogame industry board I inhabit recently about night-owl vs. lark types (also known as chronotypes). This is a debate I’ve had with many people over the years, over and...
View ArticleStupid Human Tricks: Rotating Eyeballs
Did you know… When you tilt your head from side to side, your eyeballs rotate to stay level? No, seriously.
View ArticleHow to Foster (or KILL) Creativity–by John Cleese
An amazing lecture by John Cleese on Creativity, how to foster it, and how to kill it. Make the time – 30 minutes – and watch it, learn it, live it. John Cleese – a lecture on Creativity from...
View ArticleLucid Dreaming On A Plane…
So I was flying to the East Coast of America for work this week, and I had an interesting experience. I got up way earlier than normal, and was glad to get some sleep on the flight. Except I kept …...
View ArticleThe Dance Central Exercise Challenge
So based on the fact that I weighed myself a couple of days ago, and discovered that I weighed a totally awesome 199lbs, it’s time to start a new exercise regime. One that will involve a lot of dancing...
View ArticleDance Central Fitness Experiment–End of Week 1 Report
So it’s now been a week since I started my little exercise adventure (okay, I posted my first article on Sunday, but I started actually doing it last Wednesday). When I first posted, my weight was...
View ArticleDid Color Vision evolve from Music?
So I’m writing up some research for work, and I suddenly had an idea hit me like a bolt of lightning. Color vision evolved way after our ability to hear; if you look at all of our nearest neighbors and...
View ArticleParkinson’s Disease and the Flu
Here’s a reason you might not have thought of to get your flu shot this year – it might protect you from getting Parkinson’s Disease. I’ve been saying since about 2007 that most late-life diseases can...
View ArticleWhy tripods have spirit levels and up should always be up in video games
This post is about designing cameras for video games, and for anyone who wants to shoot a movie. I think I’ve finally figured out why spirit levels are placed on tripods, why some people hate...
View ArticleYour inner ear is REALLY blinged out…
Everyone knows about those weird loopy gyroscopes in your head (the semicircular canals). But did you know that your inner ears also contain little sacks of crystals called otoliths that make them...
View ArticleHow Lexi Almost Died – and why YOU should vaccinate YOUR Child
My almost 5-year-old daughter Lexi nearly died when she was one, from meningococcal septicemia. Meningococcal septicemia is what happens when you don’t get meningitis, and instead your body declares...
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