The New California Academy of Sciences
Posted on November 11, 2008 - Filed Under California, Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
I spent a day at the new California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. You really have to get there early to see the whole thing and have time for a lunch break. I missed the planetarium, but will return soon.
The California Academy of Sciences [2:16m]: Play […]
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The Maker Faire: Burning Man Meets Martha Stewart
Posted on May 6, 2008 - Filed Under Tech & Science, Video | Leave a Comment
My father was a do-it-yourselfer, a master carpenter probably better than Jesus as the Son-of-God’s carpentry skills were never well documented (but I’m sure the SOG had more important things to do than building bird houses). I didn’t take after either one. My woodworking was plagued by bent over nails and my middle […]
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An Interview with Arthur C. Clarke
Posted on March 19, 2008 - Filed Under Sri Lanka, Tech & Science, Sustainable Tourism, Video | Leave a Comment
I am headed to Sri Lanka next week and asked a mutual friend of mine and the late Arthur C. Clarke if it would be possible to see him. “I’ll try, but he is very weak”, was the reply. Clarke, of course, passed away yesterday. I spent a day in 1994 exploring the sandbox […]
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Posted on October 12, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, California, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Artist’s Illustration, Allen Telescope Array - Issac Gary
There are events from your early childhood that stick with you. My earliest memory was when at age four my mother, in a rage, tossed out most of my toys, which I had cast randomly about the house, an act that immediately erased any Oedipal urges.
The second was […]
Big Trees
Posted on September 19, 2007 - Filed Under Books, Audio, California, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
Stout Grove Redwoods Stout Grove — Photo & Review: Russell Johnson
On this Fourth of July I am looking out my window at something that transcends our brief, troubled time, a being whose living cousins were born before Jesus, who have survived the scores of scoundrels that have spread misery across the earth in the name […]
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