Gordon's Notes

Today, for Emily and I, has been a not atypical mix of frustrating interactions across government, school and the private sector. There’s a...

MINUTES OF THE GREETING COMMITTEE 45255425.34543.5 "… Resolution passed. What’s next?” “We have a confirmed candidate. Spiral arm, wa...

I like inline skating. I started in the 90s a year or so before it peaked, and I’ve watched it decline since. I still skate, as does my #2 s...

I still want a graph layer atop my notes . Yes, I want my personal locally stored data unlocked  memex . Since the passing fad of the web ...

This came in the mail today. I assume every subscriber got one, but I’ve not heard much chatter. The return address had Attn: Paul Ferrall...

I just completed Robert Garland’s @48 lecture audiobook -  The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World  (2012). It was terrif...

From  Backreaction: Dear Dr B: If photons have a mass, would this mean special relativity is no longer valid?  I learn that while Einstein m...

Europeans used to have more Neanderthal DNA than we have now ... Ancient DNA from last Ice Age unveils distant ancestors underwent signifi...

I love carbs. Bread especially. Ok, pastries even more. I liked the days when diets were supposed to be low in fat, and even low in protein...

About two years ago I had a sudden onset of vertigo. Between my wife (a family doc), my family doc, and me (also a family doc, albeit lapsed...

Temple of ECK is top right, Prince’s Paisley Park facility and residence is bottom left, Lake Ann Park lies between them. The bland suburb...

I’ve been out of clinical practice for about 17 years. On the other hand I have a current license and I did well on my board exams a few mon...

Early in my post-corporate days I wrote a detailed post on how I expected to do project management going forwards . Since then I’ve experime...

Cyclists are supposed to ride ‘commando’ — nothing between cycling short padded lining and the butt. Me, I don’t like to wash my cycling sh...

I thought Apple had given up on HealthKit, but recently we learned that it’s been rebranded as CareKit and it seems to be going forward. Si...