Numbers Are Huge https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/July11_Post.mp4 Once I had this chemistry professor. First day of class he was trying to impress upon us the enormity of the numbers involved in chemistry. Most of us can’t fathom anything beyond a couple dozen. There’s all these infographics about how big different quantities of money are. […]
Eden Destruction
Once Upon A Time The invention of agriculture. Was a long slow process. One that was discovered. In the fertile crescent. Accidentally. In the beginning. There were many grains. Many animals. And few people. So for five thousand years. Nobody Knows https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Feb14_Loop.mp4 Before any records. […]
Experimental Drug Lab
Fresh Breathed Gardener Once there was a gardener. Who was a hobbyist. And very dedicated to his craft. One day, he ordered some mouth wash. To wash his mouth. And freshen his breath. Unfortunately, they sent him the wrong kind. A year’s supply. So he stacked the […]
Free Will Paradox
Never See It Coming It’s common for large companies to keep their employees in the dark as long as possible before any large layoffs. They want to keep them from knowing so they can get a maximum amount of productivity out of them. Individually, this is much easier to manage. God vs. […]
Crashing Into Dirt
The Wedge There’s a beach in Newport Beach called The Wedge. It’s a perfect example of wave interference patterns, how when waves cross orthogonally, the peaks combine, as do the troughs. This means the waves rise quick and high, but they also suck up all the water to do so, so when they […]
Rat Dragon Apocalypse
Gaming Tournament There’s this pretty cool hobby shop in my neighborhood. Most of the time this is a normal place, selling normal hobby type things to normal people. But every couple of months they have these really intense underground tournaments. Where they try and make this as absolutely as possible. Trip […]
SETI Telepathy
Information Theory There’s an idea from information theory that talks about how you can understand randomness and begin to see trends. That you can start to look beneath the surface and find deeper meanings that others can’t see. The more you study things like this, the more discoveries you can make. For […]
Ancient Witches and Monsters
No Show Client The other day I went to meet a client at a bar, but as soon as I walked into the bar the client texted me and said she couldn’t make it. I was expecting to eat lunch with this client I went ahead and ate lunch anyway. After I left I […]
Psychic On The Run
New Dentist A couple of weeks ago I went to see the dentist. I hadn’t been to the dentist in a long time so I was a little bit worried about what they might find perhaps too many cavities perhaps they would need to do a root canal. As I was sitting there waiting […]
Law Of The Jungle
Two Distinct Phases When I think of my life from the time I came into existence to the time I’m having this conversation with you right now I can easily separate my life into two distinct categories before Thailand and after Thailand. When I graduated from college and had a degree in physics. I […]