Monthly Archives: April 2014

I had a physics teacher when I was in high school who had a reputation for being brilliant. He held patents for manufacturing some of the first solid-state electronic components (selenium rectifiers), and he worked on the Manhattan Project when … Continue reading →

People love laws. I can almost hear the protests from here … examples of the many, many rule-breakers, rebels, and otherwise lawless types; everyone has a story, an example of just how wrong that opening statement is. Let me tell … Continue reading →

I had a helper at work some years ago who was color blind. He couldn’t tell the difference between red and green; the only way he knew whether to stop or go at a traffic light was by whether the … Continue reading →