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Thanks to the movie The Imitation Game, Alan Turing (June 23, 1912-June 7, 1954) is probably better known today than at any time in history. A mathematician trained at King’s College, Cambridge, England, he was fascinated with the concept of formal Continue reading Alan Turing’s Birthday
If you are really old, you may recall the song A Whiter Shade of Pale, by the English rock band Procol Harum. And if you aren’t that old, you can listen to the song on YouTube. At one point the song offers Continue reading Other White Background
The sign above says the turnoff for Columbia is in one-quarter of a mile. You can see the turnoff in the distance, under the bridge across I-495. One quarter of a mile is 1,320 feet. I make the turnoff, in Continue reading Lightspeed in a Prius
Even if you are not a big fan of horse racing, the 2015 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore was nothing less than thunderous. Imagine, if you will, a mild-mannered scholar, spending a gentle, spring afternoon reading a book. Suddenly, the NOAA Weather Radio Continue reading Thunderous Preakness 2015
A reinstall of WordPress after a switching of Internet host providers. Let us hope for good things. The joys of dealing with unwanted advertising, broken links, hosting providers, DNS transfers, and other things normal people think are magic.
While standing in the checkout line of a geeky store, we noticed some trail mix for sale. Trail mix goes by many names, but is generally considered to be a combination of dried fruit, nuts, and possibly cereal of some sort, Continue reading Designer trail mix
The University of Maryland women’s basketball team are seeded #1 in their region, and began the 2015 NCAA tournament with a game against New Mexico State University at Xfinity Center in College Park, Maryland. It is unclear why Comcast decided to rename Continue reading University of Maryland Women’s Basketball and 2015 NCAA Tournament
Let us now turn our attention to this tube of moisturizing hand and body lotion. It claims some relationship to pomegranate and honey, which suggests it also might make a good dessert topping. It is called The Naked Bee, presumably a reference Continue reading Naked 70% certified
This looks like an unremarkable view of an apartment building in downtown Silver Spring, Maryland: Not obvious: it is snowing. The air temperature is 33 F, and the wind is blowing at 12 MPH. And if you look in the Continue reading Definition of a bad day at work