Category Archives: Random Musings

James Veitch, comedian from the UK, gave a TED talk on his interactions with email scammers. The result is quite amusing: https://youtu.be/_QdPW8JrYzQ

I just looked back over my list of posts for the last few weeks, and I’ve noticed that in spite of a personal goal to not get too political, I’m getting too political again. And while I think I try … Continue reading →

Apparently I’m not the only one who has noticed that “drunk bumps” or rumble strips produce discernible tones, though I’ve clearly missed the boat on taking the logical next step. Someone’s taken a section of Route 66 and engineered a … Continue reading →

Recently President Obama criticized Ted Cruz, who has called for heightened policing in Muslim communities in the US: President Obama on Wednesday delivered a sharply personal rebuke of GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz for his call to institute surveillance on … Continue reading →

From Popular Mechanics: When the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) spent millions of dollars outfitting a boat for latest in polar research technology, someone got the bright idea: What if we let the Internet vote on the name of … Continue reading →

So, it was Caucus Night here in Utah last night, and I nearly didn’t go. I’ve been conflicted on the matter for some time. I went to my first ever caucus four years ago, and I don’t recall it being … Continue reading →

I’ve long maintained that the breakup of the Balkans during the Clinton Era was not a one-off problem limited to “those crazy people who can’t get over the distant past”. It’s the shape of things to come unless we stop … Continue reading →

Remember the conventional wisdom that female rulers tend to be more peaceful than male rulers? It may not necessarily be true: After sifting through historical data on queenly reigns across six centuries, two political scientists have found that it’s more … Continue reading →

You may have seen the Wintergatan’s Marble Music Machine recently, either here on my blog or elsewhere. Well, he’s since released a few “how it works” videos exploring all the various elements that went into making the machine work. My … Continue reading →

As yesterday’s post stated, we are becoming an increasingly factionalized society, and each faction is out to borrow, suborn, or outright shanghai anyone and everyone they think they can to their cause. Case in point, the recent attempt at shaming … Continue reading →