Today I Learned

The great John Cleese describes the Dunning-Kruger Effect in a brilliantly concise way which is vastly entertaining. Brilliant!...

Over the decades, the way we listen to music has changed, and it’s interesting to wonder about the implications of those changes. Prior...

A farmer asked a physicist to help him figure out how to increase milk production. After gathering data and studying the problem, the...

Recently, I was listening to an old episode of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe , (actually, episode 803, dated 28-Nov-2020 ), in which...

It’s interesting that everyone needs to come up with their own “process” for writing. And, while there are certain common elements, each...

Mr. Peabody ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Peabody ) is a figure whose influence is truly incalculable. For any not familiar...

While I try to focus on technology, InfoSec, project management, and similar disciplines, I sometimes feel a need to comment on other...

While thinking about a topic for this post, I listened to a podcast I had not previously included in my online playlist (...

I found the image above when searching for a good image of fire, and it seemed just about perfect on multiple levels. Buster Keaton (...

In the late 1980’s I liked to collect “taglines” to include in my interactions with people. While these included many “pithy” statements...

I’ve heard a number of people say that they “don’t like X”, only to discover that their only exposure has been some “pop culture” version...

Stevie Wonder is one of those truly great artists whose music permeates our culture. I had never actually listened to the album “Songs...