Professor Paula on Climate Change
With record cold temps in North America and Europe this week, this 5 year old infographic, is still proving prophetic.
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Fighting Covid-19 (nsfw)
As fun as this is, the idea that vitamin D deficiency can kill you if you get covid-19 is backed up by science here and here. Vitamin D from sunshine is well documented. Exposed skin is important, full nudity is optional. Wear at least a mask if other people are around, and practice social distancing.
Read moreHappiness: A Reminder
My personal life is a bit in chaos right now, and it doesn’t help that here in America we have been going through over a year of added stress with election stuff. I feel I need a reminder of what is REALLY important, and so I am rerunning (and updating) a trio of posts I made a few years ago
Read moreThe Tech Apocalypses
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream? Part 5 (read part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) Between national news and recent personal experiences, I believe we are on the verge of one or more technical apocalypse. This could come two possible forms: Either, technology advances to the point that it bypasses the need for humanity, or we grow more
Read moreReality Is Broken: A Book Review
I have never actually done a book review before on this blog, but my previous two blogs I did them all the time. After reading Reality is Broken, I felt compelled to write a full formal review, as its contents are perfect fodder for this blog. In fact there is enough here to fill a good half a dozen blog
Read moreHappiness 102
Believe it or not, people actually expect to be happy in life, and they even expect this happiness to endure. Who would ever think that? 🙂 🙂 🙂 Actually, real lasting happiness is achievable. It is just a matter of learning where real happiness comes from, and pursuing it. Conventional wisdom says it comes from money, and owning lots of
Read moreThe Energy Situation
I generally don’t like to talk much about the real world on this blog, but I have had an interest in the energy sector for almost as long as my interest in virtual worlds. I wouldn’t bother, but between the nuclear crisis in Japan, the revolutions happening in oil exporting nations like Libya and Bahrain, and the recent sudden rise
Read moreHappiness 101
I learned the secret to life from my cat. Find a comfortable spot, and enjoy. I think most everyone can agree with this, the problem is that there is often a misunderstanding of what a “comfortable spot” happens to be. Most people think it is a function of money, and stuff. They are wrong, and that is why most people are miserable.
Read moreWhat Tech Will be Gone in the NEXT Decade
I saw an article last week on a list of things that have nearly disappeared over the last decade. All of them are still around, they are just becoming archaic or obsolete. I suspect that over the next decade, there will be other things that are common today that will become archaic and decline over time.
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