Collected Quotes from Albert Einstein
Stumbleupon sent me to a personal page on the Stanford Residential Computing website, but I couldn’t access the page directly (page not found…
Stupid newspaper headlines #3
Public stupidity can be so interesting. Here’s a few more classic newspaper headlines that should never have happened … Grandmother of eight makes…
Stupid newspaper headlines #2
Some more dumb headlines from people who are paid specifically because they’re supposed to know better … One-armed man applauds the kindness of…
Stupid newspaper headlines #1
For better or worse, these headlines actually appeared in published newspapers in the 1980s and 1990s … Include your children when baking cookies…
Lamenting the devolution of our language
The trouble with being an anal-retentive writer is that you get very caught up with the only tool of your trade – the…
My favourite movie soundtrack composers
This list crosses two of my favourite pastimes (and two failed careers I never quite managed to pull off properly). Music is as…
My list of the greatest film directors of all time
There are hundreds of examples of this list out there, and each of them will have entries that people agree or disagree with.…
My favourite science fiction authors
One of the things that appeals to me about science fiction is that the storytelling need not have any limitations at all. In…
My list of the best science fiction movies
This is a dangerous field into which one ventures. Choosing your favourite movies is like choosing your favourite bands – it’s a very…