I haven't written in a while.  I've been working and traveling but that isn't why I haven't been writing.  I've stayed a...

Many people have heard of the " 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon " game, introduced in 1994, where you try to connect a famous person to t...

I never thought that anyone would be interested in what I had to say, especially in an ongoing basis.  I go to work (albeit to a pretty cool...

xkcd is a comic that tends to be a bit on the academic side but I think their warning disclaimer tells you better what this comic series ab...

Sorry for taking so long to round out my summary of the APS April Meeting .  My talk was on the last day of the meeting (3 May) and by the t...

The APS April Meeting started in full swing on Saturday 30 April.  The meeting is composed of many (~12 or so) parallel sessions during the...

I've arrived at the site of the APS April Meeting after a few delays in my flights (the storms in the south and mid-west on the 27th re...