Multiple research projects evidence the limits of multitasking. People would be wise to limit multitasking in an office, home, study hall, and especially while driving a car. The experts advise refraining from checking e-mail messages more than once an hour. Soothing background music may actually improve concentration, but be careful, songs with lyrics as well [...]
Category Archives: Current Events
Mega Millions Play Mega Millions
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
All of a sudden the physics of spacetime has become the main thing on everyones’ minds. It is worded differently in each case, but it always boils down to something like this: “If only I could break the space-time continuum by a few hours, I could see the winning numbers in time to play them.”
Perhaps [...]
But the good news is…
Saturday, February 24, 2007
It has been discovered at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab that exo-planets (meaning not in our solar system) with the romantic names HD 189733b and HD 209458b are warm and waterless, and just plain not what planets are expected to be. HD 179733b is 360 trillion miles from Earth while HD 209458b is about [...]
Star Trek shows the way again: How we view our future meets how we view our past
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
In the middle of last year NBC announced that it was finally owning up in a small way to a mistake of historical proportions. And to be fair, it only took four decades: Compared to how long Galileo had to wait for a Pope to act, this was quick redemption indeed. Yes, for the first [...]
The Toy Show Is In Town, N. Korea talks nukes, Women Like Men’s Sweat.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
I knew the toy industry was having it’s big event next week, because I’m going. For those who have wished to get into this industry-only event and wondered what it was really like let me assure you, winning a trip to Willie Wonka’s Candy Factory has nothing on the toy show.
Before we [...]
From Spaceflight to Attempted Murder Charge
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
“A NASA astronaut, Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak, has been charged with the attempted murder of a rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut.”
I could not resist bringing this to the Professor’s attention. It involved a person from the world of science and technology, a person of proven intelligence, and a person who, not [...]
“A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth”
Monday, February 5, 2007
Albert Einstein was a great practitioner of keeping it simple. He did not bog down his life with anything that would complicate things, leaving him free to ponder what truly mattered. (There’s a pun in there). His alleged absent mindedness was because of this incredible fixation on what counted. He was actually oblivious to what [...]
Albert Einstein has received an invitation to Blog
Monday, January 29, 2007
I can definitely assure everyone that the Professor is taking this invitation to blog into consideration. I have explained to him all about blogging, and the online world in general, and he is in deep thought over the enitre concept. If he decides that there is a productive purpose, he will accept the invitation.
As for [...]