by richardc | Jul 6, 2012 | News
If you have access to the Internet, and use it for something other than checking for winks on Match.com, you may have read how the lovely folks at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered a new particle they believe to be the Higgs boson, affectionately known...
by richardc | Dec 8, 2011 | News
Bobby Langdor awoke slowly. Where the hell am I? he thought in italics. Dazed, he looked around the room. The walls were paneled in brushed aluminum, and myriad colored buttons blinked randomly. Ah, he thought, again in italics. But there is no such thing as...
by richardc | Feb 9, 2011 | News
I have this sudden desire to make French toast. It’s 3:18 AM Central Standard Time on February 9, 2011, and I ate dinner hours ago, and more recently I prepared myself a late-night snack. But enjoying a full stomach very early on a Wednesday morning doesn’t make me...
by richardc | Jan 3, 2011 | News
My dishwasher and I have been at war for some time. This war is being waged on two fronts. On one side is my ongoing search for a bowl or plate or pot so dirty the dishwasher cannot clean it, but so far I’ve found nothing, including a recent plate coated with the...
by richardc | Dec 7, 2010 | News
The only real point to life is for it not to turn out the way you expect. Think about it. If, at an early age, you mapped out a life for yourself, and it played out exactly the way you wanted, you would be fantastically bored. In fact, if nothing or no one placed...
by richardc | Nov 2, 2010 | News
Imagine you’re an 18 year-old bloke born and raised in Sheffield, England. You’ve just finished high school, have no plans for university, and are trying to figure out what to do with your life. There aren’t many apparent options. Sheffield is a gray, aging steel...
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