Solid Geekery’s first guest post is by Mandy, a connoisseur of all things Norris and, uh, technically my former supervisor.
I am a big Chuck Norris fan — or should I say WAS a big Chuck Norris fan. My blind devotion and lavish adoration for my childhood hero is now gone, thanks to good old […]
The other day, I started thinking about television, which happens more than you might think, but that’s not the point.
The point is, I started an hour-long conversation with myself concerning the evolution of a television series, and it ended entirely unsatisfactorily. So perhaps, dear readers, you could help my situation. [PS: […]
Because SG readers tend to be plugged-in, “in the know” types, I thought I’d pose this question for public debate:
Recently, I’ve noticed that when I run a Google search, there are some times when the top results that show up are from my much-loved but little-known alma mater, West Virginia University. The searches that I […]
MIT OpenCourseWare
Have you ever wanted to attend a prestigious school like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? You could start studying now, take the entrance exams, and hope you get through the admission process. Then you could spend four years of hard studying, mostly in classes that don’t really interest you. Finally after all that grueling work, […]
A study revealed this week that a novel laser technique may allow doctors to identify diseases such as lung cancer, kidney failure, digestive problems, and asthma, by analyzing the patient’s breath. This technique, known as optical frequency comb spectroscopy, would provide a non-surgical, pain-free way to detect diseases. More than 1,000 various gases are released […]
