Awesome video of an amateur rocket launch.  The payload reached 121,000 feet in altitude, right at the very edge of outer space...

One of my heroes, Richard Feynman, talking about beauty – in a monologue that is itself beautiful...

Forwarded by reader Jim M.:

My mom sent along a collection of “stress buster” photos.  This one, for some reason, especially caught my fancy...

An annotated photo showing the hypocrisy (or stupidity?) of the Wall Street protesters.  Sent along by reader Simon M.:

Yesterday afternoon, Debbie and I had a very pleasant hike up Cuyamaca Mountain, with two of our dogs (Miki and Race).  We walked up the F...

Via my mom, who finds this history eminently believable: During the recent royal wedding, the millions around the world saw that Prince Wi...

Pat Condell, doing his usual awesomely good job...

Since the recent announcement that an experiment at CERN is measuring the speed of neutrinos as faster than the speed of light, there has be...

On the evidence of past elections, one must assume that the average American voter's memory is approximately as capacious as that of a...

A few months ago, my company brought in a motivational speaker , who did a fine job of firing us all up.  A refrain heard throughout his ...

An excellent article about the dangers of relying on computer models to predict future events.  They had me at the introductory quote, one ...

Via reader Simon M., the Onion (ground zero for satire on the web) notes the death of Steve Jobs in their usual irreverant fashion.  Only I...

A very nicely detailed tectonic map of Southern California , showing where the local plates are, and where the rifts are.  As usual, click...

“ Humans are just modified fish. ” Go read .

My mom sent me a Powerpoint slide show filled with Chinese text and photographs of gorgeous and exotic birds.  One example is at right.  I...

October is generally the absolute peak of our annual wildfire season.  It was in October of 2007 that San Diego County experienced the worst...

Just a short read , and worth your click...

Another of my personal heroes is gone. WSJ obituary , Walt Mossberg's remembrance , and a photo gallery . It's so sad that he ...

...it just takes care of the problem!  Via my lovely bride: