Consensus in Science 2019-12-03 | Reading time: 1 minute A great one-page editorial about the issue of consensus in science.[show the article]
Recommendation (as a time sink): The Outer Worlds 2019-11-02 | Reading time: 1 minute Yup, escaping into that world of meaningful-meaningless shifting bits and bytes again.[show the article]
The Problem with Functional Fixedness in Creativity 2019-10-21 | Reading time: 1 minute Lots of creative problems can be solved when we see what is really there, instead of seeing what we see.[show the article]
First Impression of Apple’s Watch Series 5 2019-10-19 | Reading time: 5 minutes A change in iOS infrastructure led me to give the Apple Watch a try.[show the article]
Recommendation: The Art of Manliness Podcast 2019-10-19 | Reading time: 1 minute An (so far) interesting podcast addressing a lot of different topics.[show the article]
Software change infos/version history based on user behavior 2019-10-19 | Reading time: 1 minute Changes in software are a frequent occurrence. They might be less sucky if information about them take the individual user behavior into account.Image: Change log of DEVONthink.[show the article]
What’s in a name? 2019-10-18 | Reading time: 2 minutes One of the easiest and ugliest tricks movements do is to give themselves positively sounding names, like …4future.[show the article]
Recommendation: Steven Pinker: “An Unnecessary Defense of Reason and a Necessary Defense of the University’s Role in Advancing It” 2019-10-16 | Reading time: 1 minute Steven Pinker's Keynote talk at the 2nd Heterodox Academy Annual Conference in June 2019 is well worth listening to.Image: Half Hour of Heterodoxy Logo[show the article]
Climate Change Activism 2019-10-15 | Reading time: 4 minutes Some thoughts on Fridays4Future, Students4Future, and Scientist4Future -- and strikes at schools and universities.Image: Pale Blue Dot.[show the article]
Call of Cthulhu Character Sheet Passport (PDF) 2019-10-05 | Reading time: 1 minute Seems like I forgot to upload the passport-like character sheet I did create a while ago for a Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game session. Well, here it is.[show the article]
