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The strange reality of getting what you want
I’ve wanted a library, lab, and studio since I knew what those three things were. In fact, one of my earliest verifiable geek memories comes from when I was about seven and I discovered a chemistry set in the Sears … Continue reading
Crowdfunding and risk
I’m a big fan of crowdfunding, that idea put forward by websites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo that allows people with ideas to connect with groups of people interested in their idea to help fund it. I’ve helped fund a few ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Life, Making, Philosophy, Science and Technology, Society
Tagged crowdfunding, failure, ideas, Reality, success
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Science and Technology: The science of do as I say
For whatever reason, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about science recently, especially as it applies to getting kids interested in science and keeping them interested. One of the points I keep coming back to in this thinking is how often science is sold to kids in a very narrow and limited view of […] Continue reading
Posted in Education, Science and Technology
Tagged ideas, kids, preconceptions, science, technology
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Art: Farm? Art? What?
If you’re the first person to figure out what this might be a very bad sketch of, I will eventually create a one-of-a-kind work for you on a theme of your choosing and say something nice about you here. Continue reading
Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Taking the plunge!
While my wife and I have been living and working on Innisfree for the last three and a half years, it has always been something of a part-time job until now. Late last year, we paid off the last of … Continue reading → Continue reading
