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Internet: Not just for cats anymore
The Internet has a love affair with cats. Is it because the most avid users and generators of content are people who loathe going outside, and thus opt for feline companionship? Maybe. But there is...
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The Game of life
A couple weeks ago — okay, several weeks ago [FINE, it was four months-ish, tops] — I wrote about how you can use game theory to keep yourself organized, and use your time wisely. It’s time for the...
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The World Cup: An American Geek sporting event
It’s time for the World Cup. The pinnacle of international play for the beautiful game. You might ask yourself why a self professed geek would be getting excited about watching sports like any other...
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Playing hooky: feeling the physics of freefall
As I’ve grown up, or at least acknowledged that I am a grownup, I’ve tried to be the best geek I can be. I’ve tried to teach my kids how to be good people who take responsibility for themselves and...
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Welcome to Geekdom. Population: everyone For those who are new to this blog, I should introduce myself: My name is Nolan, and I’m a geek. As far as this space — the one between the first word and the...
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Pondering life in a multiverse
There is a theory out there that says the universe we live in is just one of an infinite number of universes. What does this mean for me and you? I don’t know, let’s ponder it. The problem with...
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“Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who...
View ArticleA mid-marathon break from NaNoWriMo-ing
I have to take a break from writing to write this. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is in full swing, and it’s pretty much like nothing I’ve ever experienced. The creative process has always...
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IT’S HERE!!!! If you haven’t heard already…
For those who are just waking up, the studios that be have released the much-anticipated teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and it has garnered nothing short of a bi-polar response....
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Learning from stress wood (Get your mind out of the gutter)
This column was originally going to be about New Year’s resolutions, but I got sidetracked (goodbye resolution No. 7: Stay focused and follow through, we hardly knew you) by closed-system ecosystems....
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