CJ | T I B - Part 16

Page Not Found Goof

For a few hours only the home page could be reached. All other posts got a “Page Not Found” error. This was …

Vases – A Poem

This is sort of like a free-verse haiku (jiyuritsu haiku) though it even stretches that definition. Sometimes what you want to say defies a format you typically use.

Not long after I started my InArCreMo project of trying to get 50 art pieces done in 30 days, I sort of disappeared from my sites and severely decreased my social networking in general. This post is about the why of it.

STS-27 Shuttle Report – Legendary commander tells story of shuttle’s close call (Spaceflight Now)

Yikes. No wonder NASA was so cavalier. If a shuttle could (just barely) survive this, then it would surely survive just about …

Visualizing the Number Of Stars in Our Galaxy

When astronomers use numbers in the billions and larger, it’s hard to find a frame of reference to compare it to. For example, our galaxy, the Milky Way, is described as having about 250 billion stars. What does that mean?

Grrr…. spambots

Starting to get a lot of spambots registering on the site. It’s taking time every day to clean up. If it continues, …

Women’s Basketball 1975: The First Nationally Televised Game – Immaculata vs Maryland

History. On January 26, 1975, the United States witnessed something it had never seen before: a nationally televised women’s basketball game. The visitors were the Mighty Macs from Immaculata versus the Terrapins of Maryland. Immaculata came in as the three-time AIAW Division-I champions.

Inequality Based Incentives – A Baseball Analogy

Richard Epstein pointed out that incentive is fueled by inequality. What he didn’t say is that there are limits to that. We only need to head out to the ballpark to see them.

Inside the mind of the octopus (Orion Magazine)

Octopuses have long fascinated me. I wonder what it must be like not to have a skeleton. One thing has been clear …

Not a Fashion Plate

For much of my life, it seems, many people have had an opinion on my personal style (or lack thereof). One of the perks of getting older is that as each decade goes by, the comments have grown fewer. I don’t think it’s because people’s opinions have weakened, I think they either have given up hope or have reluctantly accepted my little eccentricities.

Introvert Marketing in an Extrovert Market (WordServe Water Cooler)

Creative types are told that they also have to be able to market. For the 75% (or so) who are extroverts, this is simply an inconvenience. For the rest, who are introverts, perhaps another business model would be better.

Kari Byron and Mayim Bialik understand nerdy girls (CNN.com Blogs)

“I think of geekdom as something you can be obsessed with, something to collect, what do you watch, what do you look …

Why Occupy Wall Street Matters — If It Lasts

Many questions have been raised concerning the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests and camps that have spread across the country. In a nutshell, these questions seems to boil down to: “So what? A lot of people are camping out and whining…therefore I ask again, so what? Why should I care? Why does the OWS movement matter?”