Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Feynman’s Rainbow by Leonard Mlodinow

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Who gave the first correct explanation of the rainbow? Descartes.  Why did he? Because he perceived its beauty. Feynman’s Rainbow: A Sea...
Thursday, August 11, 2016

AFK: Away from the Keyboard

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Since I started this blog on January 2, 2011, I have posted 432 entries, a bit more often than once a week.  But the past few months, I hav...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016

We Were Soldiers Once - And Young

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I feel that war stories allow stolen valor.  Men who never would have served immerse themselves in vicarious action. I understand t...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Bela Portuguese Kosher Sardines

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Independent Chef Brands representative Brandon Allen was in the Wheats ville Co-op demoing Bela Brand sardines: locally caught (in the Atla...
Sunday, July 10, 2016

Against Fatuous Advice to Beginning Astronomers

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Last night, the Austin Astronomical Society sponsored an “Out of the Box Clinic” for new astronomers with unused or under-used instruments....
Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Extreme Ownership

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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin, St. Martins Press, 2015. “So, there I was, knee d...
Monday, June 27, 2016

Sweet Deal: Epic Honey

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The Central Texas Bee Rescue was at the Wheatsville Co-op on Sunday, June 19. I sampled the wild honey and the raw honey and chose the latt...
Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Whitman’s Coin Collecting Quantum Crossover

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Question: What do you get when you cross a Red Book with a Whitman Folder? Answer: A Search and Save book dedicated to the new collector...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Hurricane Tejas

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The State of Texas ran an exercise to simulate a Category 4 hurricane strike at the Rio Grande Valley.   The main events ran Wednesday an...