Sunday, September 29, 2024

In Praise of Swiss Cheesing It

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I'll start with a disclaimer. This short post is about life, productivity, romance, and stress.  Before I started this hopefully-inspiri...
Friday, September 27, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Congo by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Congo by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner     Be aware tha...
Thursday, September 26, 2024

Quantity Versus Quality?

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Are quantity and quality incompatible strategies or goals? Not according to the observations in these and other similar essays: Quantity L...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Puff It Up

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There are lies, damnable lies, and then there is puffery. This is true in all manner of advertising, and in all types of transactions. As fa...
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Friday, September 20, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Eaters of the Dead by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner     B...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Delayed Gratification

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Cory Doctorow's latest LOCUS column deconstructs the "science fictional" idea of "the right’s confidence in the role of i...
Saturday, September 14, 2024

It's My Life

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Colour me suspicious, but I never trusted certain social media sites and loyalty-rewards-offering retail stores, so I have always lied about...
Friday, September 13, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Jurassic Park and The Lost World by Michael Crichton by Karen S. ...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

Dog Buttons

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This isn't about fastenings for canine clothes. It's about electronic buttons dogs use to communicate: Talking Dog Buttons The a...
Friday, September 06, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Complete Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Complete Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Bla...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

Martian Underground Ocean

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An article about the huge reservoir of liquid water discovered below ground on Mars: Oceans of Liquid Water on Mars In the presence of H...
Sunday, September 01, 2024

Ming The Merciless's Wedding Vows

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What might the most powerful person in their world promise on their wedding day?  In the case of Ming The Merciless, he kept it short and un...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ice Limit and Beyond the Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child by Karen S. Wiesner

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Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Ice Limit and Beyond the Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln C...
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Thursday, August 29, 2024

Plant Neurobiology?

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In reference to my July 25 post on "plant intelligence," coincidentally the September/October 2024 issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER con...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

Open Kimono

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Earlier this month, Paige Collins of the Electronic Freedom Foundation published an intriguing article calling for openness on an online dat...