I always knew I wanted a kickass female sidekick for time traveler Vikram Quine, and it came down to spunky, nuclear physicist Lise Meitner or steampunk goddess Ada Lovelace. Oh I know, Ada would be amazing (think of all the gears!). Don’t worry, I’ll work her in there somewhere. What sealed the deal was that [...]
DISCLAIMER: You have all spoken, and I have seen the error of my ways. Full story here. Original post follows: My initial Google+ experience has been lukewarm at best. For those of you who don’t know, Google Plus (AKA Google+/G+) is Google’s hell’s-heart-originating stab at the social networking arena. They cut wide and deep, [...]
…saves Time. MwaHA! So last week I presented the challenge to you, our readers, to come up with a name for our enigmatic, carelessly spontaneous time traveler. You all met the challenge with the appropriate amount of gusto, but sadly, there can only be one (the Highlander reference will make sense later). The winner of [...]
Reductio ad Absurdum (part 3) Reality is an illusion. Yea, this idea has been around for ages. Whether you are reading philosophy and find Plato’s allegory of the cave intriguing or you buy into the concept of Maya in various Indian religions, you can find this sort of thing alluded to here and there, time [...]
“Yes.” No problem, because it doesn’t get any easier. Nothing really is easy when it comes to cosmology. Not cosmetology. Cosmology. One is the study of beauty treatments and their application, and the other is the science of collecting the pieces of your MIND off the floor. Thanks to data from the WMAP probe launched [...]
This comic is not funny. It is a cautionary tale. In fact, if you are at all ready, you would have discerned the punch line from the first panel, and by the third panel, you would have felt I was patronizing you. You might have even been offended. What am I talking about? I’m talking [...]