Category Archives: Did You Know?

So now we’re doing this thing where we order our food 6 months in advance….

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Joel

Namita recently heard about these companies out in Pennsylvania or wherever that will provide you with a commercial freezer, and 6 months of meats and other foods at a time. It’s all organic, individually packaged, and the salesman is coming … Continue reading →

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The Art of the Photograph by Art Wolfe & Rob Sheppard

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Joel

For our Secret Santa exchange this year, my friend Sandhya surprised me with ” The Art of the Photograph” by Art Wolfe & Rob Sheppard. I am absolutely thrilled. I borrowed this book from our local library a few months … Continue reading →

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Dr. Abdus Salam, theoretical physicist

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Joel

Earlier this month, there was a lot of news that scientists over at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) had potentially discovered the Higgs boson. Named after the British scientist (Peter Higgs) who dreamed it up in 1964, it’s an exciting … Continue reading →

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NY Times: Notes From a Dragon Mom

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Joel

I wrote a science article back in high school about Tay-Sachs disease. As a parent now, this article gave me a whole different perspective. Emily Rapp is the author of “Poster Child: A Memoir,” and a professor of creative writing … Continue reading →

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Have you ever read the ingredients in Reese’s Pieces?

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Joel

I had this crazy craving for Reese’s Pieces this morning. Have you ever read the ingredients? In the same order as listed on bag. Sugar; partially defatted peanuts; partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (palm kernel and soybean oil); corn syrup; dextrose; … Continue reading →

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io9.com: The 10 strangest creative liberties ever taken on superhero TV shows

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Joel

I have no words to describe what I have seen in this article, and the embedded video clips that go along with it. Hollywood has always seen fit to drastically alter source material to suit “the suits”, but some of … Continue reading →

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Science shows are awesome but sometimes give me a headache

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Joel

One of the nice benefits of FiOS and/or watching the HD channels is I’m watching some very cool and heady science shows. For the past two months, I’ve recently been watching two fantastic shows in particular: Through the Wormhole on … Continue reading →

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A flat tire helped me to discover that replacing tires on Toyota Highlanders is an expensive proposition

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Joel

During the week that I was in Dallas, my wife was driving the kids home and got a flat tire somewhere between Princeton and our house. She didn’t know what it was, but last week when I took it to my … Continue reading →

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Tropical storm Agatha opens up massive, horrifying sinkholes in Guatemala City

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Joel

I saw this post and photos originally on io9.com. There are more details on BoingBoing. The photo below is of a sinkhole 20 meters deep and 15 meters wide after tropical storm Agatha struck the country. Local press reports that … Continue reading →

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The World at War is the greatest documentary about WWII

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Joel

After moving to FiOS last summer, one of my favorite channels is the Military Channel, which is one of the many channels under the Discovery Channel umbrella. It’s basically weapons and war 24 hours a day. As a guy, it’s good … Continue reading →

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