Visiting Yemen

Visiting Yemen

“Sana’a(Yemen)” by eesti I am often asked what countries I’d like to travel to that I have yet to visit. Ethiopia and Lebanon have long been two standard answers (probably because I love the food and music from both). Victor Kaonga’s blog...
[Review] Darwin Among the Machines

[Review] Darwin Among the Machines

George Dyson asks us this most reasonable question: if biologic life derived organically from the basic elements, then is it such a stretch to believe that biologic life will also one day derive from mechanical elements? After all, as Paul Romer asks, what is...
A View from Bad Gastein

A View from Bad Gastein

It took me a while, but I finally got the hang of producing a QuickTime Virtual Reality 360 degree panorama. To have a look around hover your mouse over the image above, click, and drag it to the right or left. It’s far from perfect – I have to get better...
Intangible Immortality

Intangible Immortality

There are those uttered phrases that stay with us for longer than they ought to. They rise to the surface of our thoughts while we are cooking and echo inaudibly during long walks in solitude. One of those persistent utterances came to me a few weeks ago from Sunil...