Category: Geeking Out

The ISS photographedfrom shuttle Discovery in 2006 Science Fiction kicks Fantasy’s ass. That’s the conclusion of this excruciatingly long, flippant, and ostentatious article. So if you are already aware of this fact, you can skip all that follows. If you are one of those elf-ear-wearing, sword-collecting, trilogy-reading, dipsy-doodle fantasy fanatics then please keep reading. As…

Paper I wrote for one of my Strayer Economics classes. (Download this document as a PDF) Introduction Discovery Holdings Corporation has built a successful corporate venture based on providing educational content through cable, Internet, retail stores, and public schools. Founded in 1985 by John Hendricks. Discovery offers quality documentaries and has found a niche audience…

The Mensan principle of fostering intelligence was my primary reason for joining the organization, and I exercise this virtue volunteering my free time at the local hobby shop. The activities conducted there nurture and sharpen mathematical, linguistic, and logical intelligences in minds age eight to 80. The shop is a Mental Gymnasium, where every Comic…

I got the acceptance letter a month ago. I am officially in the top 2% of IQ’s, qualifying me to join Mensa. This week my Membership Package came in, complete with a Newsletter, decoder-ring, and instructions for the secret handshake. I realize that I have been somewhat critical of Mensa in the past. I have…

The film Simone was a comedy about a computer-generated actress, but a live actress was used to play the part of the artificial. There was much speculation on this decision, from budget costs to Screen Actors Guild concerns influencing the decision, but the real answer was obvious. A computer-generated actress would scare the audience away.…

The first computer my family owned was the Timex/Sinclair 1000. It had 2K of RAM, 4K of ROM, and a tape-player drive. I played chess with it a few times. I would make my move, press “play” on the tape drive, and come back in an hour to see what the computer had done. The…