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A repeated sense of wonder
Ryk Spoor's recent 'Moments of Awesome' posts at http://grandcentralarena.com had me re-reading his works, or for the first time in some cases ( Read more... ) -
Lego Movie
A fun time for the young and young at heart, and a lesson to those who think there is only One Right Way To Do Things. -
Jurassic Park
I just got done watching Jurassic Park again. It's been a while, and of course I've seen it several times, but the movie still catches me up in its storytelling magic. And, of course, Utahraptors. -
Podcasts
With a long commute to work, I keep my mind busy with a few podcasts.By and large, they're quite informative:
One collection is the Brachiolope Media Network, a group of podcasts about science and engineering: http://www.brachiolopemedia.com/Collapsed Wavefunction is their newest, and has some interesting insights on chemistry, food, and what some ( Read more... ) -
And back again
January 2. Back to work, back to life, back to reality ( Read more... ) -
To all my Canadian friends...
... Happy Metric Thanksgiving! -
Percentage
The current Nicoll Factor is 72%. -
Shrinking world
My online one, that is. Fewer hangouts, fewer friends and acquaintances. More nights of logging into a chat (either IRC, telnet, or others) and seeing I'm the only one active. Or lack of response other than 'hi, how goes?' 'Fine, what's new?' and then... nada ( Read more... ) -
Singularity approach
Been a while since I posted. A Long, long while.
Just noting here that my LJ friends feed is at least 90% James Nicoll entries. -
One-word transformation
Gingham Style