There is a charming article on game developer/programmer Jason Rohrer The Video-Game Programmer Saving Our 21st-Century Souls as part of their "best and brightest" of 2008 stories. Rohrer is clearly a poet and artist, sensibilities that manifest here through programming skills. Esquire is offering a free download and hosting of... read more →
Dec
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Nov
23
I was excited by a recent article in ScienceDaily (How Red Wine Compounds Fight Alzheimer’s Disease ). I’m quite sure it is all a matter of balance, but I really like red wine, so these research findings really work well for me. I do try to keep informed about developments... read more →
Nov
07
I’m supposed to be packing because moving vans come tomorrow, but I had to remark on this story in the Washington Post: Most Calif. blacks backed proposition 8: 53% of Latinos Also Supported Proposition 8 In it, Vick and Surdin write: LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 -- Any notion that Tuesday's... read more →
Nov
06
Scott Kaufman in a Psychology Today blog discusses research claiming that conservatives are less creative (Are conservatives less creative than liberals?). Kaufman is fairly even-handed, but I have a problem with research that takes several political policy positions and uses that to establish that some is a "conservative" since that... read more →
Nov
05
I had a question from a reporter this morning about post-election withdrawal. What are all those people who have been “addicted” to websites, TV, and text messaging to follow the election going to do with themselves? Call me an optimist, but I don’t think it’s going to be a problem. ... read more →
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