Hitchens vs. Craig
Yesterday, I attended a structured debate between William Lane Craig and The Hitch held at Biola University. As far as anyone can win a debate where the opponents talk mostly at cross-purposes, I’d have to give the trophy to Craig….
Dan Barker, Godless
Tonight I attended a nice speech, Q+A, and Booksigning given by the President of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, Dan Barker. His talk was basically the same as one that can be found elsewhere online, but I took notes anyway….
Probability Programming
Yesterday a very interesting speaker, Eric Hehner, gave a talk at the graduate seminar: TITLE A Probability Perspective ABSTRACT This talk could be called “probability meets programming”. It draws together four perspectives that contribute to a new understanding of probability…
Children’s Books of Science
Today I decided to send the following email. Usually, when I do such things it doesn’t make any difference. But it still never hurts to try. We’ll see what becomes of my efforts this time. Dear PZ Myers and richarddawkins.net,…
Cliff Stoll, another cool dude.
This morning one of my high school friends (Thomas) told me about Clifford Stoll. So I watched his TED conference video. Boy is he animated. Inaddition to having pursued a KGB computer infiltration (an article, book, and NOVA documentary), he…
Dymaxion mapping.
Ok, so I’ve been away awhile. I visited the Maker Faire, and San Deigo Amphib Base (twice). Two days ago I read Benford’s Cosm, start to finish. And learned that the nucleus of heavier elements are ellipsoidal rather than spherical….
Alan Kay
I recently watched Alan Kay: The Computer Revolution hasn’t happened yet. Keynote 00PSLA 1997 and Alan Kay: Graphical User Interfaces. (Both available through Google Video) What a cool guy. The videos of computer interfaces from the 70’s and 60’s make…
Bill Beaty
Bill Beaty’s website is full of crazy coolness. One of the few people simultaneously interested in expression as well as content.
Noticeability
“Son — Just do something important that people will want.” Leroy may have been drunk when he said this but it did cause me to rethink my approach to things. I have been assuming that if I did whatever the…
Blasphemous Ideas
I was on the bus and these two old men boarded at a stop and were embroiled in some sorta argument. One was sorta bummish, and was saying “there is no fear, I love everything” while the other, kept repeating…