Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
This is quite frankly hilarious. Last Saturday The Hill reports that the welcome letter being sent to some new US citizens is still the Obama one. Six months into the Trump regime and it has still not been updated … New United States citizens participating in naturalization ceremonies around the country have typically received letters … Read more
Side Note: This posting might sound like an infomercial ad. I don’t do that … ever. This is here because I really really like what this guy does. While porridge is indeed a great way to start the day, that is not the Oatmeal I’m referring to. Instead, the portion of Oatmeal I have for … Read more
Before we dive into the list, let’s start with a quick bit of Software Easter Egg history. Who was the first and why was that specific term used? The Birth of the very first Software Easter Egg Back in 1979, Warren Robinett, the developer of the Atari 2600‘s Adventure, was rather frustrated by the fact that designers like … Read more
A claim has popped up in the UK that has caught the attention of many, and that includes both the media and also the movers and shakers within the political arena. Apparently Cadbury, the chocolate manufacturer, and the National Trust have supposedly obliterated all references to Easter from material promoting egg hunts across the country. So let’s take a … Read more
The usual set of pranks have popped up this year, for example, Google enabling PacMan in Google maps, atheist bloggers declaring they have found Jesus, or Democrat advocates announcing that they have switched allegiance to Trump. We have seen it all before and so at best you get an eye roll or two. So I’m … Read more
And so another week has passed. Each week I cast my eyes over the religious landscape to see if anything weird catches my eye. It is of course wholly subjective, and yet for most, also truly bizarre stuff. So did anything catch my eye? Nope, it has been a very dull week, and nothing of … Read more
