Kids, revisited
There is a not-so-visited spot along the river Thames that has majestic views of t...
A Live Birth
Three weeks ago we had our twin girls born. I was inside the delivery room for ...
Switching to OSX
An interesting thing happened the other day. I forgot my MacBook Air 13” inside t...
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
The are two reasons why I love the above painting by Joseph Wright of Derby from...
Game of Thrones and the United States of America
I started watching Game of Thrones recently. While it is a medieval fantasy world,...
Science is not a democracy
In my last post I argued that believing in an anthropomorphic God is not a choice,...
Apology to theists
I am an atheist. I used to think that believing in God or not was a choice. I adm...
Ted at the Oscars
fxguide.com on how a digital Ted presented the sound Oscars last night: With f...
It was the church, stupid
I always wondered why modern astronomy didn’t flourish in the sunny, warm climates...