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Cool Science and Other Stuff This Week
Air Writing China FarmScrapers Can this 3D Printed Dress really be Comfortable? More Cool 3D Printing for Humans Wireless Brain Interface Filterpreting fMRI’s Finally Hydrogen Cars Filed under: Cool...
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Oops…
Just realized I did not post anything last week. Sorry! Working on 3 China articles right now and got bogged down in those. Will get a real post out tomorrow. Cheers and a late Happy St. Pat’s. Filed...
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Initial Thoughts on Wizard World
This weekend is the first time Wizard World Comic-Con has come to St. Louis. Before I sign off for the weekend and enjoy the con, I wanted to share a few observations. 1) Today at the opening of the...
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Wizard World STL Part Deux
Back from vacation and of course very sick. Hope to pick up and begin regaling my audience this weekend. Overall, Wizard World in STL was an enjoyable event. I thought the fan base was wonderful and...
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Practicing Insanity
I began this blog a fews years ago only writing about instances of filterpretation in everyday life. While I do not plan on returning to that model I am endeavoring to write more often about...
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Kill the Foreign Monkey to Scare the Local Rooster
Here is an interesting perspective from the China RealTime Report (WSJ) on the recent spate of negative news for large foreign companies in China. I have always advocated the necessity to look past...
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To Skin or Not to Skin?
For those hoping for a cooking post, sorry, this is another post on gender bias in comics. The title is meant to grab people’s attention’s (and hopefully be ever so slightly provocative). I saw this...
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April Fool’s Science
Dream Reading Warp Drive Reality? fMRI Brain Reading Filed under: Science
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Artistically Awesome 90′s
I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a great piece o the Wu-Tang Clan and how 1993 was a banner year for Hip Hop. It really got me thinking about the bad rap the 90′s get for art and...
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Society Does Exist
Ever have one of the weeks when the news of the world and life conspire to hold you down? This has been one of those weeks. The sheer idiocy and pungent hatred permeating the news has been a major...
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That’s Why They are Called Theories…
News came out this week that a large number of Neuroscience studies are probably based on bad statistics and that the Reinhart-Rogoff paper, “Growth in a Time of Debt,” is factually incorrect. For...
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More Filterpreting Gender Discrimination
Saw this news from Strange Horizons today. Seems female authors have almost caught up to male authors in the SF publishing world. Before we get too excited, while women are published nearly as much as...
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Another Proud Day in the Missouri Legislature
Do these people (insert appropriate expletive) really represent the majority of Missourians? This is a question I find myself asking almost daily! First, I hear our inspired State House has passed a...
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Cool Science End of April
Artificial Brain in Real TIme Parabolic Solar Dish There was more interesting science in the last few weeks. These two are the only ones that really caught my eye. Filed under: Science
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Urban Renewable Energy Confirmed
I have argued on this blog and other places that urban areas creating their own energy is the correct way to move forward. Rather than creating costly central power plants with dangerous and wasteful...
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Filterpreting Math
At the end of last year I was having a wide-ranging conversation with a well-respected Professor from a local University. During our conversation we ended up talking about refinancing our houses. My...
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Scrumptious Rat
Another example of the food safety issues facing China came out today. There are reports that a ring of criminals has passed off rat meat as mutton to the tune of a million USD. Such chicanery is...
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China Education Consulting
I love this article on CNN’s iReport. It is refreshing to see someone in the field write so honestly about these issues. I consulted in this industry in 2006 and 2007. During my time I witnessed many...
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China’s Environmental Woes
This Fox News piece about the blocked protests in Chengdu is a great read. The tone of the piece is focused on a key idea – If China’s government would be open and transparent about what’s being done...
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Normalcy Bias
Recently read this article on I09 about normalcy bias. Having been in a few situations where I was the only one )or one of a small minority) to react I found it fascinating to put a name to the...
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