Today I Learned

You need to come up with something, so keep it simple. Even if it starts out with only six words, you can always add more later....

Everyone knows what a jerk is. And everyone knows someone who is a jerk. But why? Why are some people jerks? Or rather, why do we...

Canadians have a reputation for being nice. I’d like to think it’s well-deserved, but it’s more of a notional goal than a day-to-day...

Yesterday, I sat down to start writing a post, and realized that I couldn’t think of anything to write about. Usually, I think of...

The film Highlander (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highlander_(film)) was enormously popular when it came out, as were several of the...

Recently, after I described the way I was approaching a project and its “ultimate goal”, a colleague laughed, and called me a dreamer. ...

In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Chamber_of_Secrets), there is a scene...

One of the key catch-phrases of the classic “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to...

The phrase “full of sound sound and fury, signifying nothing” is part of one of the most famous soliloquies in the English language. It...

The start of school is often a busy time, but it gave me a bit of time to think about my high-school experience and led me back to...

This might look like a standard cup game, but it’s actually a very interesting test. I won’t spoil it for you – give it a try. Attention...

Well, the illustration above IS normal, but that’s actually a bit unusual. It’s “normal” to assume that everyone has the same...

When one thinks about blood, one of the most obvious connections will probably be to vampires, especially if you are a fan of horror...

We have endless opportunities to learn, if only we take them. I recently commented on the survival of the learner...

Back in the dark ages, before the World Wide Web, when dinosaurs roamed the earth and films were actual film and played on film...

Nostalgia can be fun! My earliest experience with computers was with a Commodore PET (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_PET),...

People make mistakes. Lots of them. We’re very good at making them, but not so good at preventing them. It can be fun to go down the...

“Get Off Of My Cloud” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sWqmMAvmdU) is the hit song by The Rolling Stones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

... But not necessarily Blue. Yellow Submarine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Submarine_(film) was one of those films which became...

I finally have a semi-usable version of a Kanban tool running. I built it on the so-called “LAMP” (https://www.til-technology.com/post/f...