State of the Farm 2023: May Planting
I don’t normally put up much on the farm this time of year but I’m fairly excited this year. We’ve had an extraordinarily warm April
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Something Good: The Zoonomia Project
I’ve said before that humans are amazing creatures. (Picture from here.) We are incredibly smart—so smart that we forget how smart we are when we
State of the Farm: 2023 Spring Cleanup
Some farms are pretty. It’s mid-April and as I write this the temperature outside is approaching 90F—unusual up here in New England. Past experience has
Chatbots vs Actual Intelligence
Everybody else is weighing in on the chatbot revolution. I guess it’s my turn. (Picture from here.) ChatGPT, and the other “AI” tools that have
Arts & Crafts III: Back to the Bowls
I haven’t talked about the pottery since last year.
Ergaster’s Children
When I first moved up here to Massachusetts, I did what I always do when visiting a new town, I went to the science museum.
Notes on the Plagues in SF Arisia Panel
First the news: I’m going to be on some panels at Boskone the weekend of 2/17/2023. I’ll be on the following panels: Noir &
Arts & Crafts II
I made a knife from scratch. Well, to be absolutely honest, I made about 70% of a knife. I took an intro class from Elijah
Environmentally Pro Nuclear
(Picture from here.) These are the kinds of posts that get me in trouble. I am quite pro-environmental. We have as much solar as we
Scientists and Engineers in SFF
Here are my notes from the Scientists and Engineers in SFF at Arisia 2023. (Picture from here.) Observations: While science is often prevalent in SF,
Cheese Ends, 20230102
What better way to start the year than with Cheese Ends? (Picture from here.) I’m getting older every year, so we’ll start with a possible
More on Developmental Evolution
Last time I talked about the evolution of structures—called morphogenesis, in biology. (Picture from here.) I spoke of it a bit frivolously in the context
Evolution and Embryology
People who don’t believe in evolution make me tired. (Picture from here.) For one reason, it’s like saying I don’t believe in the sun. The
