The dead-tree publication Science News is one of the few that I still subscribe to. They do have a web site , but it’s quite awful and obv...

John Kerry, speaking yesterday at a rally for Phil Angelides (the hapless Democratic challenger to Arnold Schwatzenegger): You know, educati...

We went for a nice walk up the slope behind our house this morning, Debbie and I, and all three dogs (Mo’i, Miki, and Lea). It’s the first ...

The slide rule at right (click the thumbnails for a larger view) was made by the Boykin Products Company. I don’t know much about it other t...

I just love Mark Steyn; he’s a breath of fresh air and rationality in any political conversation, and is one of the wittiest commentators ar...

These two slide rules are made from polished heavy sheet steel; possibly plated, but I don’t think so. The scales and other writing are eng...

I really love the Hemmi bamboo slide rules (they have my vote for the best overall construction and “feel"), and I’ve collected a numbe...

Where is the American equivalent? Just listen. This video is topping the charts in Australia. She can be my poster girl anytime at all...

The aluminum slide rule at right has me completely baffled. It’s not, strictly speaking, a slide rule at all — there’s a stator and a curso...

A few minutes ago I was sipping a cup of tea, and looking out my office window at a “Liquid Amber” tree, whose leaves have turned a deep red...

This is my week for mystery slide rules! This one arrived today, and in the materials used for its construction it is unlike any other slid...

The crazy folks in California (where I live) have a voter initiative (Proposition 87) on the ballot this election that would raise taxes on ...

Yesterday I received a package with two slide rules in it. They were from an auction I’d won on eBay. One of the slide rules was a Keuffel...

Justice Scalia (one of our Supreme Court Justices, for all you public school graduates) gave a very interesting talk yesterday. He comment...

On a car absolutely plastered with “Kerry/Edwards” stickers: If you want to see hate, disagree with a liberal. What is this? Did some conse...

From Omar Fadil of the IraqTheModel blog: "All they want is to prove that our struggle for freedom was the wrong thing to do. This fak...

Yesterday, as a measure of atonement for our absolutely decadent meal on Saturday (lobster l’americaine , garlic/cheese French bread, Caesar...

Last night, just before we went to bed, we had a light shower. I woke up several times during the night to the delightful sound of raindrop...

This is a long quote, I know — the conclusion to her very fine column yesterday: What is most missing from the left in America is an elemen...

Neo-neocon is one of my favorite bloggers, always interesting. Today she starts with this: North Korea is a country formed by a war that ne...