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Review: Cloud Atlas (2012 movie)

Posted on 2015-03-31 by GaryMarch 30, 2015
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This film tells (if I’m counting right) six different stories set at six different points in time, one in the present, three in the past, and two in the future. (Come to think of it, the last story is set … Continue reading →

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John Green on Obamacare so far

Posted on 2015-03-30 by GaryMay 18, 2015
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as “Obamacare,” was signed into law five years and one week ago. Here’s a compact seven-and-a-half-minute video clip assessing how well it’s working from prolific writer and commentator John Green, who incidentally buys his own … Continue reading →

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Opportunity rover still exploring Mars after more than 11 years

Posted on 2015-03-28 by GaryMarch 27, 2015
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As today’s edition of the XKCD comic strip reminds us, the Opportunity rover has been exploring Mars since January 25, 2004 — way, way longer than the 90 (Martian) days it was originally designed for. The twin rover Spirit, which … Continue reading →

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Educational version of Minecraft game in Northern Ireland secondary schools

Posted on 2015-03-27 by GaryMarch 27, 2015
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As you probably know, Minecraft is a versatile and creative video game from Sweden that allows players to build virtual worlds out of blocks or go on adventures in worlds created by others. An organization based in Finland called Minecraft … Continue reading →

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Office pet

Posted on 2015-03-24 by GaryMarch 24, 2015
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Two-minute example of bad decision making: Link: https://youtu.be/rg80-vhEH6g by … Continue reading →

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Changing religious beliefs in the United States

Posted on 2015-03-22 by GaryMarch 21, 2015
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Ever since 1972 the General Social Survey has polled adult Americans’ opinions on a variety of subjects using in-person interviews. The latest results, based on a survey conducted in 2014, have recently been released, and they’re quite interesting. The Associated … Continue reading →

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Don’t mess with the cat

Posted on 2015-03-18 by GaryMarch 17, 2015
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Short version: Guy apparently intending to record a video of himself attempting to play his guitar forces his cat out of the chair he wants to sit in, and he cat gets back at him, all in 37 seconds. Link: … Continue reading →

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Review: Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935 movie)

Posted on 2015-03-17 by GarySeptember 12, 2016
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Charlie Chan has been hired by a French scientific organization to investigate sales to the collectors market of artifacts from a tomb whose excavations they had funded, and in the course of things he discovers that the body of a … Continue reading →

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Here’s why heavy winter snows don’t say anything about global warming

Posted on 2015-03-16 by GaryApril 29, 2017
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I was recently in a conversation with someone who suggested that this winter’s heavy snows in the eastern U.S. had “proved Al Gore wrong” or words to that effect. The person who said this isn’t especially interested in science but … Continue reading →

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Review: Man of Steel (2013 movie)

Posted on 2015-03-15 by GaryMarch 13, 2015
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While it was directed by Christopher Nolan, who previously did the Dark Knight series of Batman films, this is basically what you’d get if J.J. Abrams made a Superman movie, complete with something that resembles the planet-wrecking gizmo in the … Continue reading →

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