How To Be Funny: Attack People

How To Be Funny: Attack People

LAUGHTER IS CLOSELY RELATED TO FEAR, RESEARCHERS FIND HONG KONG, March 2, 2015 The surest way to make someone laugh is to attack them, researchers said this week. Humor is rooted in fear, and…
Interview with Virginia Woof

Interview with Virginia Woof

Oh, yes.  I absolutely adore meeting with the media, it's my chance to give something back, don't you know, to give aspiring young journalists a paw up, as it were.  It's the least I can do…
Christmas bells

Christmas bells

Here is a flower we all (in the northern hemisphere at least) associate with Christmastime, Euphorbia pulcherrima, commonly known as the Poinsettia (or Weihnachtsstern = Christmas Star in Germany…
Proof That Everyone Makes Mistakes.

Proof That Everyone Makes Mistakes.

Cambridge University Press website mislabels and Astronomy text as an Astrology text. I was looking for open access open source freely downloadable and good textbooks to use in my future…
Solution to Last Week's Puzzle

Solution to Last Week's Puzzle

Play the video below to see how to solve the puzzle I posted last week: The object actually appears as it is pictured. It is not an optical illusion. The image was not created using an “in camera…
A Fun Puzzle to Solve

A Fun Puzzle to Solve

The object actually appears as it is pictured. It is not an optical illusion. The image was not created using an “in camera” special effect (no special lighting, no filters other than the built-in…
Really Geek Humor: Computer Code Comments

Really Geek Humor: Computer Code Comments

Programmers may not be the guys with the best sense of humor around, but I found it quite entertaining to read a web page with a collection of source code comments arising a smile. The one I liked…