“ @trans On the contrary, one of the greatest sources of anxiety for us old folks is to distinguish ordinary forgetting from early stage of... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:31 AM EDT

“ Hard to think of any industry that needs less help than the lighting business. It is as chaotic and creative as any could be but also pretty nicely... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on May 14, 2012 at 6:22 AM EDT

“ People see in depth just fine without the cue of stereopsis. It is not an important cue in vision but engineers like it because they imagine the... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:24 AM EDT

“ Is this the world's dumbest chart ever? (read full comment) ” 

Posted on March 6, 2012 at 5:13 AM EST

“ Trolley buses Yup, one of the great ideas of 1970. Not much about the physics has changed. At the time, seemed helpful for "trolley buses"... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on July 13, 2011 at 6:19 AM EDT

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“ ... from the annals of engineering Gawd, this has got to be the most ill-conceived idea of the year: sounds plausible till you give it 10 seconds... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on July 8, 2011 at 3:49 AM EDT

“ Toronto airports You are right about "antagonize Canadians" by mistaking Toronto for a US city. Imagine that! Toronto has a small airport named... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on February 17, 2011 at 3:34 AM EST

“ Context Havergal is an upper-class private school which in Canada, oddly enough, sometimes is code for "dummies go there." Which is the point of... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on November 15, 2010 at 9:36 AM EST

“ Are people billiard balls? Harding has shown conclusively that a bunch of people heading in the same direction will result in a crush. What will... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on August 18, 2010 at 6:21 AM EDT

“ Desktop The issue of metaphors and how far to stretch them is always an issue. The garbage can being classic case. In particular, the desktop. I... (read full comment) ” 

Posted on August 16, 2010 at 11:02 AM EDT