Delight a child this Christmas

Here’s a great idea from Reddit; posted by u/Scaramuccia: Looking for some Christmas Magic? The International Space Station orbits the earth 15 times a day and can easily be confused with Santa’s Sleigh by excited children in December. This does require preparation. That tiny station is rarely streaking directly overhead at an ideal time, so…

A reader asks: Why are so many people from Boston so quick-witted and quippy?

Q: Why are so many people from Boston so quick-witted and quippy? A: Overlooking that you forgot to add “handsome, intelligent, and saintly,” I’ll try to answer your question: I think it’s the local emphasis on education. Boston’s culture is in part the result of over 400 years of continual investment in education, as explained…

Happy Birthday, Earth!

In 1658, Irish Archbishop James Ussher said Earth was created 9am on 23 Oct, 4004 BC*, making our home planet a sprightly 6,022 years young today. Of course, stick-in-the-mud geologists believe that’s off by roughly 4.5 billion years, but what do they know? Come on, let’s party like it’s 6,022! * https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/history-of-geology/october-23-4004-bc-happy-birthday-earth/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussher_chronology Permalink: https://wp.me/paaiox-dd…

Have you played the hidden text-adventure game in Chrome?

Yup, it’s yet another “easter egg” hidden inside Chrome, this one recently-discovered: A classic 1980’s-style, text-based adventure game, of the sort from the early days of computing! Graphics? GRAPHICS? We don’t need no steenking graphics! Just look at the text around the blue G: See for yourself: Open the Developer’s Tools (under the “More Tools”…