One thousand years later, beer is still excellent and the song is still fantastic. Continue reading →

In the comments of a review of a book about Turing… I guess it’s probably fitting that so many computers have been used to tell strangers “Haha u r so gay”.

After reading a biography of Einstein, I became convinced that Einstein was not an atheist but a deist. He was offended when atheists claimed him as one of their own. But I am offended on Einstein’s behalf when religious people … Continue reading →

The sweet spot for his glorious Squeak seems to me to be kids who find joy in creating and exploring. Continue reading →

I think I blogged before about how I am going to have a wall of heroes ifnwhen I get my own study ifnwhen we get our nice house. I started planning this about twenty years ago. I am gonna have … Continue reading →

Francis Crick will be up on my Wall of Heroes with Bob, George, Winston and the others. Continue reading →

The NY Times reviewed Matt Ridley’s biography of Francis Crick today. He is an interesting character. Crick refused to meet the queen when she visited Cambridge’s new Laboratory of Molecular Biology because he disapproved of royalty, and he declined a … Continue reading →

A couple of years of ago, Beckham left ManU for Real Madrid and, a few days later someone new showed up wearing the No7 shirt. “Who is that?”, I wondered. Within about 3 minutes, I said “I think we got … Continue reading →