The Multiverse in 140-Characters

Those who follow @TameBear on Twitter may have already seen this, or perhaps it was inadvertently buried in a flood of other messages flowing by in your river of info ...

“Oceans of Light”

"Oceans of Light" by Peter Oakley Today I am pleased to announce the publication of "Oceans of Light: A Users Guide to the Multiverse" by Peter Oakley. This first "ebook" ...

No Get-Rich-Quick

Update - June 29, 2010: A word about Traffic-Splash: The more I use this one, the more I like it. It's quick, so I rack up credits fast; and there's ...

Spill, Baby, Spill?

Oil Rig Burning It is the worst man-made ecological disaster since the Exxon Valdez Alaskan oil spill of 1989. When British Petroleum's Deepwater Horizon oil platform ignited, burned, and sank, ...

Our Cat Camille

Camille 1994-2010 Camille was our first and oldest cat, and she has been a part of our family for 14 years. When Treesh and I first received her, she was ...

The Atomization of Publishing

This week Apple passed 10 billion songs sold on its iTunes Store. The sale of individual songs made it possible for you and me to buy the one song we ...

iBook vs Kindle App on iPad

Turning the page in an ebook reader is one way to test the realism and attention to detail the makers exacted to simulate real-world book reading. Kindle does a nice ...

Garden of Forking Paths

In this week's episode of "Flash Forward" (ABC), we learn about Dyson Frost's "Garden of Forking Paths," an enormous map sketched in chalk detailing multiple forks in his travels through ...

A Place Where Words Cannot Go

For several years now I've been describing to people why I meditate, though this is the first time I've written about it here. Meditation is a rewarding practice; the more ...

The Little Freezer

Treesh and I went shopping for a freezer last summer. You know, one of those chest freezers you keep in the basement to store everything that won't fit in the ...