Sleep Better Easier with ABCVs

For many, the most difficult problem about sleeping is feeling that there is very little they can do to help themselves fall (or fall back) asleep. Laying in bed when sleep won’t come and wondering what to do won’t help. Instead, follow a checklist of...

Misunderstanding Medication

People with serious conditions know that serious symptoms are a sign that the underlying condition is about to take you down. What they often miss is that serious symptoms may artificially be held to “mild” by the medication—so...

The UX of Perception

Concepts accurately simplified and combined often potentiate powerful paradigms—new ways of thinking that have the power to create improved results. UI (“user interface”) quality is sometimes summed up by the title of one of the key books about it:...

These Incredible Photos of the Earth In Water Droplets Are REAL

You know the photo below, right? the earth in space? Well actually, the image above is a photo of a water droplet, superimposed on a night sky background, cleverly reflecting a 2-d photo map of the earth from space. Below is the actual photo, next to a photo of the...

Enormous icicle takes off part of our building

5’x22′ foot icicle came loose, took off part of our roof and wall. It got so thick because it had been partially removed some time ago, and new thickness built up around the old thickness. Those little screens you see on the wall are full size windows (for...