Category: Thoughts
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Science Question: If the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace – is gravity’s effect on time the culprit?
I have been watching the debate about dark energy as a possible explanation of what is causing the universe to expand faster and faster (as cosmologists first discovered 10 years ago). But last night, as I was watching the new series “The Universe”, I was reminded of a particularly interesting facet of Einstein’s relativity theory…
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Google Adsense Account Disabled
See Update: Sweet sweet justice. Praise be to Google. I’m a big fan of Google (always have been) but I’m staring to worry that maybe I’ve given them a little to much trust and power. I have been a beta tester on almost all of their programs. I’ve played with everything in the Google lab,…
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Speaking English in Business (aka Getting things done in English)
Most of the work I do is related in some way to communication. I take it seriously enough that it actually hurts me when I am misunderstood. The potential for misunderstanding is magnified on large international projects even when everyone speaks English. English is spoken all over the world by over a billion people, but…
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Where were you during the internet gold rush?
I have a birthday that falls within days of the new year. This means I get hit with 2 wake-up calls at once. Another year to look back and reflect on then WHAM! I’m another year older. Working in the web industry, I am constantly aware of the wealth being generated and the constant, ever…
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What man has wrought (shame)
The American Bison, or Buffalo, is the largest terrestrial mammal in North America, and once inhabited the Great Plains in massive herds. They were central to the lives of Native American tribes. This pile of bison skulls from the 1870s illustrates the extent of their slaughter in the 19th century by white settlers: from a…