the mother of invention
So, last night the Time Lord and I participated in the San Diego Science Festival with a conversation about "Exploring Your Inner Geek." We organized …
Gadgetry
i like coffee, i like tea
The Spousal Unit gave a mind-bendingly good — and incredibly persuasive — talk on Sunday to the Caltech Skeptics Society on "Particles and People," outlining …
the unbearable lightness of LEGO
Is there anything LEGO can't build? Jen-Luc Piquant is positively giddy over a recent find while trawling Twitter. It seems science journalist Adam Rutherford (who …
chill, baby, chill
Ah, innovation! What would we do without this driver of new technology and new consumer markets? Science is the breeding ground for said technological creativity, …
missed me by a millimeter
Co-blogger Lee might not have time to blog much these days — hey, she's swamped doing double teaching duty, with uber-long commutes — but she …
bringing back babbage
In 2002, cyberpunk authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling collaborated on a historical thriller, The Difference Engine, in which the 19th century inventor Charles Babbage …
hollywood, red wine and carburetors
OK, Jennifer shamed me into finishing this with her excellent blog on the gas station nozzles and how they turn off automatically. Finally. I don't …
nothing venturi’d, nothing gained
Entropy is a harsh mistress. Three years ago, when I moved to Los Angeles, I bought the first car I'd owned in 20 years: a …
gaga for science
It's been a busy spring. Among other highlights, the Spousal Unit and I made a whirlwind trip to New York City in March, so he …
my kind of town
If it's Thursday, it must be Berkeley. That's where I was a couple of nights ago, having driven up from Los Angeles to attend Lawrence …