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Lightning Under the Hood, Part 3 – From Cell Phones to Sports Cars

Missed the earlier instalments? Check out Part One – Riker’s Race, and Part Two – The Battery Revolution before reading today’s post.  Remember those brick-sized cell phones from movies in the 1980s? Lithium batteries are the reason we’re no longer carrying them. They’re […]

Fox Talk – Enhanced Ebook Now Available!

Very excited to announce that Fox Talk is now available as an enhanced ebook! The ebook preserves the artwork and design of the paper edition, but comes with cool special features: - pop-up glossary definitions in the main text - […]

Six Signs Your Cat Wants a Snuggle. Now. OK, How About Now? No Really, Now.

1) She stands next to your chair crying and tapping you with her paw. For an hour. 2) She does something impossibly cute, then shoots you a glance to see if you noticed. 3) Out of all the pieces of […]

Lightning Under the Hood, Part 2 – The Battery Revolution

Did you miss Part One – Riker’s Race? Check it out before you read today’s post. Every battery has the same basic components: the anode (negative electrode); the cathode (positive electrode); and the electrolyte. There’s also a separator, which prevents […]

Things I Love About Joss Whedon: Agents of SHIELD Edition

I love Joss Whedon’s work. I’m one of those people who’s still outraged over the cancelation of Firefly, and laughs hysterically whenever there’s a Malcom Reynolds joke on Castle. I can never be Team Edward, because I will always be […]

Proof That – Despite What My Cats Think – Vets DO Have a Sense of Humor

Lightning Under the Hood, Part 1 – Riker’s Race

It’s September 7, 1896, at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island. The first car race ever held on a track in North America is about to begin.  These newfangled horseless carriages are the biggest draw of the State Fair, and 50,000 […]

For the Love of Chocolate, Move Your Shopping Cart!

How many times has this happened to you? You’re on your way home after a long day when you suddenly realize you need a loaf of bread and a quart of milk and some brussels sprouts and a case of […]

Having a Life: I’m Doing It Wrong

So my Dad has recently moved to the wilds of Vancouver Island, and a couple days ago I called him up for a chat: Dad: How was your weekend? Me: I spent the entire thing sorting out archived emails, organizing […]

Of Bean Sprouts and Frogosaurs: (Plant) Life Finds a Way

Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where Sam Neill discovers that the female frogosaurs have figured out how to change gender, leading to the production of baby frogosaurs, which will now endanger all of humanity because “Life finds a way”? […]