Knowledge

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. Homer Simpson   I have always approached any kind of academic/intellectual endeavour by trying to be organized. Instead of memorizing a bunch of facts that I will probably forget or mix up, I try to look for...

Examining My Life

The unexamined life is not worth living.Plato: Socrates’ Apology Just to be different, I thought that I would wait until my second entry to discuss why I decided to start a blog. The simple reason is that I spend a lot of time thinking and I want to share some...

Train Ride

Train Ride Freight train, freight train, run so fastFreight train, freight train, run so fastPlease don’t tell what train I’m onThey won’t know what route I’m going                                  Elizabeth Cotten: Freight Train I was lucky...

Ideas

One of the things I hate about the internet and Google is that every time I come up with a fantastic new idea, I find out someone has already thought of it. A while back I thought of using the coloured thermometer strips they have for fish tanks and building them into...

Cross country bike ride

Today’s entry marks Helix day (http://www.thehelix.co.uk/) which is, coincidentally, today. The Helix is a development of the area where the Forth and Clyde Canal meets the River Carron. The Forth and Clyde Canal was constructed in the late 1700s to connect the Firth...