College students who use wireless handheld devices called “clickers” to register answers to instructors’ questions during lectures are more likely to give correct responses after discussion with their peers, studies have found. But, researchers wondered, were students improving mer...

George Will: In 1964, there were more than 2,000 personnel tests available to employers. But already an Illinois state official had ruled that a standard ability test, used by Motorola, was illegal because it was unfair to "disadvantaged groups." Before 1964, Duke Power had discriminated against bla...

“Thrummmmmm….” “It’s been a hard day’s night and I been workin’ like a dog…” You can hear the chord, of course. But can you play it? Exactly? Many have tried, all have failed, it seems, until now: The opening chord to “A Hard Day’s Night&...

The article below, by Joe Nocera of the NYT, appears in today's Magazine section.  Nocera explains the role, and type, of financial models that contributed to the near demise of our heretofore much vaunted economy over the past three decades or so.  A highly inflated economy, based o...

If there is anyone out there thinking of doing a Humanities major at a university (any university), I will give you some unsolicited advice. DO NOT DO IT; IT IS A WASTE OF YOUR TIME AND MONEY . Go back to school; learn your math and do a hard science like Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics. ANY HARD...

Gee whiz. Everyone took down their Christmas trees already because everyone knows Christmas is over. So what's an Epiphany, what's a Theophany, and who are these three kings, or los tres reyes as one says if one has the good fortune to speak Spanish. Well, guess what, we're not sure they were kings ...

Daniel's additional days of Prophecy (Dan 12:11-12) Posted by: Evangelist August Rosado on Fri Jan 02 2009 By. Evangelist August Rosado There are some passages in the scriptures that preachers won't touch on, and Bible commentaries will not go near  with a ten foot pole. I would have to say Daniel ...

Intelligent Design: Unlocking the Mysteries of Life.  I am going to change subjects in our quest of knowledge.  Socrates, the gadfly of Athens , said his wisdom came from knowing that he did not know all the answers.  I find it interesting that so many scientist and academia behave as...

My year in review post spawned an interesting amount of personal correspondence, and a couple of people have asked me (both due to my Disclaimer and my rare mentions of work) two distinct, but closely related questions: If I would/could consider blogging (openly, without reservation) about my work a...

2008 has been just great, not least because of all the great stuff people have been doing with JavaScript, the new canvas element and the web in general. Browser vendors are now competing, trying to outdo each other in terms of JavaScript performance, leaving developers and end-users as winners as w...