Last week I was away in a place that has problematic internet access. I also had to spend a lot of time at a bank and at a town hall, or waiting for a call back from the town hall, or trying to figure out how to not need a call back from the town [...]
Tales of the United States Space Force: 23 Stories and Mythbusting Articles by: (long list of authors) I recently read this somewhat mixed anthology and I had somewhat mixed feelings. The book is about the new branch of the armed services called the Space Force. One of the articles in this anthology explains exactly how [...]
I’ve been playing games with two young children and it has been quite entertaining. We play Uno and Hive and Labyrinth, along with a version of Go Fish. They are sharks. They also love to gang up on me even if it means they forget to strategize about each other. The five-year old has made [...]
Last week I wrote about Daniel Willingham’s book, Why Don’t Students Like School. I’ve been rereading it, and it’s fascinating all over again. It’s also a very odd experience, because he wrote a lot about memory and how it relates to thinking. One of his most important points in the beginning is this. A mind [...]
After some intense days last week, I wanted words to flow past my eyes. That often means Project Gutenberg, because if I’m going to be undiscriminating about what I read, it’s best if I don’t also pay money for it. One category on the Project Gutenberg website is the latest uploads. In January, 2024, that [...]
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