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Category Archives: Science & Technology
MAD makes a good point against straws!
I have been asking Starbucks to give me what’s called a nitro lid with my drinks so I can consume my iced latte like a can of soda (it’s soda, pop is what you do to a zit). Besides, the … Continue reading
RIP iTunes
It was a good run for software given how rapidly things evolve faster than human wisdom but the writing was on the wall since iOS had already separated iTunes’ functions into three apps. My brother has a very intriguing and … Continue reading
May 2019 ends with perfect month #2, for the year!
The records I’m setting just keep on coming! I achieved my second perfect month this year, third ever and longest yet because it was my first 31-day month. On to see if June is successful and I have my first … Continue reading
RIP: Dr. Murray Gell-Mann
Dr. Murray Gell-Mann may not be as famous as Stephen Hawking, Albert Einstein or Marie Curie but he was instrumental in furthering our understanding of what the building-blocks of the universe, reality…everything. In 1964 he named these “things” quarks which … Continue reading
Posted in Physics, Science & Technology
Tagged Celebrity Obituary, Nobel Prize Winner, Sixties
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Five hundred days cumulative…finally
Too bad this only took me around four years and two Apple Watches to pull this off. Let’s hope getting to 1000 days will happen faster. I’m also curious if any owners who achieved this at some point in 2018 … Continue reading
1979: Voyagers arrive at Jupiter
Can’t remember what my source was saying that either Voyager 1 or 2 arrived at their first destination around May but one go there in January, the other in July so I’ll just accept May as the compromise, hence this month’s header art! … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, History, News, Science & Technology, The Site
Tagged Header Art, Seventies, Space Exploration
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Today’s modern idiocy, Sunday 4/14/19 edition
I have yet to write about the cool go-karts at Pinballz Lake Creek but today I experienced one of the new wrinkles smart phones have given us. This one teenager was so busy futzing with the tunes on his phone … Continue reading
1959: NASA introduces America’s first astronauts
Even if not everything in the movie or book, The Right Stuff, is completely true, I think most Americans know the story about the Mercury Seven. Back when the US was trying to catch up to the Soviet Union, military test … Continue reading
Adam Ruins Everything
Glad to see TruTV, formerly the insipid “reality” Court TV, with a hit show on Netflix (first season only). Adam is part Snopes.com, part Mythbusters and mostly what journalism is supposed to be, rolled into one 20-minute debunking of everyday issues: Airport Security, … Continue reading
Cats “know” their name
There are more details of the study through this link but the short version is that cats probably don’t “know” the sounds coming from our mouths are their name, it’s an association they’re making of us wanting their attention. Dogs … Continue reading
April is here with a new header!
On this day 30 years ago, the Internet as we recognize it got rolling with the implementation of the World Wide Web. Today it’s rather ubiquitous and only elderly people bother to put the three Ws or ‘http://’ in front … Continue reading
Math-Nerd Onesies
My friends Elizabeth and Matthew received or bought (not sure which) a couple Math-based joke onesies for their new son Aaron. That’s the beauty of being an infant, you don’t have to worry about bullies and morons not getting the … Continue reading
1979: The Three Mile Island Disaster
For better or for worse, the accident that happened at this American nuclear power plant changed the country’s opinion about how safe this type of energy generation was. Thanks to TMI (before it became the abbreviation for Too Much Information), … Continue reading
Annual stupidity begins, aka DST
When I was a kid, I didn’t mind Daylight Savings Time as much. It didn’t start until April and in the Midwest its arrival meant that Spring was here to stay…usually. The original purpose for DST in the Modern Era … Continue reading
1809: Charles Darwin & Abraham Lincoln born
As Emo Philips has a joke: Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln have the same birthday which is fitting because they’re the two biggest enemies of the South. Being an American living in any region, even abroad, it is a painfully … Continue reading
Posted in Biology, History, Science & Technology
Tagged 19th Century, Historical Birthday, Opinion, Politics, US Civil War
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