Technology as a Foreign Language: Some Terms You Should Know

The thing about talking about technology is that it's like learning a foreign language. Unfortunately, sometimes tech people are so busy looking at the screen that they don't realize that people who are looking at them like they're speaking Greek (or, if you're Greek, like they're speaking Cantonese). I get a lot of… » 3/13/14 12:07pm Thursday 12:07pm

A Mini Guide to Scientific Studies (alternate title: A Month of…

The wonderful thing about the internet is that it is full of information. The terrible thing about the internet is how wildly misleading so much of it can be. Scientific studies are no exception (pubmed rears its ugly head). I just put together this guide for my kids and thought I'd pare it down and put it up here. » 3/12/14 3:35pm Wednesday 3:35pm

Dadhacker - Helping You Hit the Kitchen!

Whilst I pride myself as being a hands on dad (outside of office hours that is), achieving anything particularly spectacular in the kitchen has never been one of my specialities. I made an effort in the past and did okay, largely when I was wooing my now wife (I may have overemphasized my cooking skills and my love of… » 3/10/14 6:35am Monday 6:35am