MIT Professor Emeritus John G. King (SB 1950, PhD), experimental physicist and pioneer in atomic clocks, fundamental physics experiments and physics education, was honored by more than 60 colleagues and former students on April 1, [...]
“Ever since I was 5 years old, all I ever wanted to do was tell people about the weather,” Gary Lezak, Chief Meteorologist at KSHB Channel 41, in Kansas City, KS said today, April 3, [...]
Jim Williams in his lab at Linear Tech, with his beloved Tek scopes and assorted breadboards. I was saddened to learn last year of the passing of Jim Williams. He died on June 10, 2011 [...]
I’ve been writing technical books, feature articles and columns for more than 40 years. Based on the old guideline, “An expert is someone who’s made all the mistakes possible,” I am well along my way [...]
If you missed out on summer camp as a kid, as I did, it’s not too late. But this time, you don’t have to rough it. For the last few years, I’ve attended various star [...]
“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house… ” is the way the classic poem by Major Henry Livingston Jr. 1748 – 1828, begins. Over the years, 849 variations have been created each [...]
I am tired of listening to political debate in the media today. Both the politicians and the media interviewing and reporting on them have it all wrong. The fundamental problem is that the discussions are [...]
In a horizontal wine tasting, you sample different types of wines from different grapes, possibly from different wineries and from different years. You are sampling a shotgun variety of sometimes wildly varying textures, aromas and [...]
Schrodinger points out that when you nap style doesn't count. Comfort is everything. His white moustache is showing. Schrodinger illustrates sleeping position #8, nose to nose with a friend. In this case, our friend Rachel. [...]
The storm season began with thunderstorms building over the plains of Kansas. April is here with flowers in bloom in downtown Kansas City I bet you’re thinking, “How is it possible for this kid to [...]
Since we kept our two cats as inside only cats, I felt sorry for them not having a chance to learn to hunt. So, I bought a live mouse for them to practice with. I [...]
In the summer of 2009, we caught five raccoons over a period of about a month using a live trap. I would shove the trap and raccoon in the back on my car, drive it [...]
Picasso was on a long train ride, on one of those trains that has seats facing each other. Across from him sat a man who recognized him, but said nothing for a good 30 minutes, [...]
For 35 years, I’ve occasionally drunk wine. For most of this time, I didn’t have much of a discriminating pallet, even with a few casual wine tasting classes and visits to wineries. And then I [...]
The best BBQ chicken in the world is “beer in the butt” chicken. I heard about this way of cooking chicken on a grill many years ago, tried it and was hooked. Apparently, I am [...]
A bowl of instant oatmeal with a handful of blueberries could be one of the healthiest breakfasts to eat. It’s a great trade off between low calorie, filling, quick and easy and it’s probably pretty [...]
The signature line of Curt Hillfon, Swedish artist, 1943- “Whatever you do, do it well,” Curt Hillfon told me. “If you are a bird, fly high. If you are a fish, swim deep.” […]
Experience an oasis of peace and calm communing with the butterflies, in the middle of one of the busiest airports in the world. […]
I was invited to talk to a group of six-graders on what influenced me when I was their age, to launch me on the path I followed through life. This gave me an excuse to [...]
Sometimes it doesn’t matter if an urban legend is true or not if it sounds cute. This possibly made up story was reported here, and has made its way around the web multiple times. If [...]
