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I’m not one who is dragged kicking and screaming into the future. Quite the opposite, I suppose, I embrace new technologies. I’ll wait for other folks to sort them out, quite often, and find their usefulness, but I thrive on new things. I was hesitant to move into the realm of “smart” phones, even as much as I used my Palm Pilot™ back in the day. Somewhere along the line a...
This is really the sort of video that should be filmed with a cup of tea instead of silly old coffee… It’s also something that you just can’t stop watching. I love the videos that folks make using super high speed cameras. It’s great how growth in technology drives down cost and grants more people access to tools or allows people to put tools in harm’s way with less financial risk.
Venit. Vidit. Vicit.
It came. It saw. It kicked our ass.
Snow is a rare and beautiful sight in Dallas. Ice, on the other hand, seems to come all too often…
The best part of living in Dallas is the weather. Except when it isn’t. I constantly marvel that I can comfortably drive my convertible top-down most every week of the year. It seems, however, that Canada wanted to share some misery and shipped us a metric arse-ton of cold air…
Sport hunting taken to new, um, heights, I suppose… This seems like a great idea, to me, and I hope the FAA will consider rules that make drone deliveries practical or at least legal. What a world it will be with thousands of tiny quad-copters zipping to and fro delivering packages. Some of the photographic systems already available on these copters are fantastic and only stand to improve as gimbals become...
“Comets are like cats; they have tails, and they do precisely what they want.” – David H. Levy
Amanda used to really like my thick hair. Now the only thing thick above my neck is my head. Hey… at least I’ll admit it. Actually, my beard is pretty thick… thick enough, in fact, to intimidate my razor. There are days it’ll barely slice through – and the electric gadget can just forget it. Amanda brought home some stuff called Biotin the other week since it was on sale at...
“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”–Neil deGrasse Tyson
This certainly breaks a fundamental rule of procrastination, but I’ve been slowly compiling a list of things that my science classroom will need. Science must be (or at least become) fun for the kids, and there are certainly opportunities in physics to make it fun. That aside, it never hurts to have adorable mascots along for the ride, even if they are a bit more chemistry than physics. Perhaps its just...
Amanda pointed out as we turned down the driveway this evening that tomorrow marks sixteen years. 16. One six. Seems like just yesterday we walked down the aisle, got all emotional in front of our friends, and had a good laugh when the minister nearly forgot to tell us to kiss. And what better way to finish off the day than knocking loose the fuel pump relay in my truck, thereby...
Canis Wickettis
c. 1992-2011
You will be missed.