Habitual Stress: Overwinding/Fractalnoia in Everyday Life
Today I want to explore habitual stress. Habitual stress is ever-present fear that your life is balanced on knife-edge. That every year, every month, every day, you need to keep track of more stuff. That at any point you could lose control and it would mean disaster...
The Scientific Method Is Crap
Last year I taught middle school earth science at a local private school part-time. One of the things that immediately struck me was their attitudes on science. In particular, they were really hung up on finding out "the answer". Eventually I was able to track this...
Being a Storyteller in the Age of Narrative Collapse
Last week I mentioned that the Wired opinion article "Why Living in the Present Is a Disorder" held enough inspiration for a series of articles; this post is another in the same vein. This week, however, I want to focus on the idea of narrative collapse:...
Have a Darth Vader Easter
So my wife was out shopping when she was surprised to find (among the leftover and heavily discounted Easter candy) Star Wars Easter Eggs featuring pastel Darth Vader heads. I'm going to let the end of that sentence soak in a bit, because I had to do a double-take...
Why Higher Education Will Continue to Suck
I recently read a great opinion article on Wired titled "Why Living in the Present Is a Disorder". There was enough inspiration there for an entire series (which are on my "to do" list); however, the thing that really struck me every time I read the article was this...
The Cover Is Done!
The cover image is finally done! I may still need to change around the title and "by" line, but I'm happy with how the image turned out. Man, I love it when I get to mix the stuff I love doing -- in this case, education, writing, and artwork. Once it's on the book...
Securing the Cloud
I'm a big fan of Google products. I love gmail, and I was thrilled when Google launched Google Drive -- a way to store stuff on Google's servers so that it's accessible from wherever you are in the world. There's just one problem: your stuff is literally accessible...
New Business Cards
Updating my websites has given me reason to update my business cards, so last week I ordered a new set from Moo. The reason I chose Moo is that they offer Printfinity -- the ability to print a series of images on your business cards. I loved the idea of being able to...
First Semester Physics Survival Guide
I've been working on this project for some time now (see the Kickstarter), so here are some reading samples from the book. Eventually you will be able to see more about the book, including more samples (I hope), at the Three Friendships Company website. (It is...
Updated!
Well, I think the site updates are finally finished! As you can see, I've tidied up the place -- hung some new curtains, added a layer of paint -- you know, the kind of thing to hopefully make a bigger, better impression.
The Gift is NOT in the giving
My wife related a story to me recently about a recent experience at a local grocery store. (I don't know which one, but I hope it wasn't Weis.) When she reached the cashier the woman was gushing. Evidently, there was a family of four a few places in front of my wife...
The New Book Cover (work in progress)
This is going to be a quick post; I just wanted to give you a sneak peek of the progress on the cover of the book. The basic image was produced entirely in Carrara; I'm now working in GIMP to add the other design elements (like the background stars, the title, my...