While I do not expect to be a parent in the near future, I do expect to be one eventually. Being a secular parent will have its own unique set of challenges, especially in a religion dominated society such as my own. With that in mind, I started reading Parenting Beyond Belief. This collect of [...]
I wrote early about a poll that had the ambiguous language about “internet access.” Without a clear definition, debating internet access was pointless. A similar problem is happening in the universal healthcare debate in the United states. This same kind of verbiage confusion is happening here in the United States in our universal healthcare debate. [...]
A question that leads to questions. This is in many ways the most important part of any talk or presentation. Interaction, between the presenter and the audience, can reveal unique knowledge and insight. The best questions are those that challenge, that pull forth greater understanding or reveal fatal flaws. I have been to hundreds of [...]
The greatest children’s toy is LEGO blocks. They foster a level of creativity and tactile awareness that is simply beautiful. My favorite part was to take an idea in my mind and attempt to shape the parts into that physical idea. It was with this in mind that I approached Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Banjo-Kazooie: [...]
Some of you may have noticed the red “A” displayed here on the website. You’ll find similar image in both my Twitter and Facebook profiles. As the post title says, this “A” stands for atheist. This is part of a conscious effort on my part to be more vocal and outgoing about my atheism. One [...]
As those of you visiting the site obviously see, there is a new theme (for those reading in the RSS reader, you probably didn’t notice anything at all). The decision was in part to make the site for friendly and accessible, and in part simply to shake things up. The first thing you’ll notice are [...]