Saturday Stories! Some cool, possible, but not yet feasible engineering *BURP*   I feel like this comic sums up how everything works in real life Ideally medicine is just converging to doctors with the ability 'lay on hands' Didn't the Russians already try this in the 60's? There's nothing wrong... [Read More]

Two tinfoil-hat-line-skirting thoughts.  Uranium In Space – I haven’t heard it discussed, but it seems like one of the most valuable things to mine in space would be uranium or other fissile material. Nuclear reactors are incredibly valuable in space. They are basically the only option for long-term power to... [Read More]

In so many parts of our lives, our focus becomes a tunnel towards just ‘making it work’ at whatever cost. For now, I’m going to avoid the snake filled bog that is the exploration of that idea in the realm of morality.  But in engineering and science, dogged focus on... [Read More]

When we last saw our protagonists they were gathered at the art house, which through the power of imagination was the Prancing Pony in Bree. Wait, the protagonists? Are the protagonists the Seniors or the Stackees? From this side of ditch day I’m biased and think the seniors are definitely... [Read More]

It’s time for some tinfoil-hat-line-skirting ideas! I’ve been mulling the idea of automatic documentation.    Getting into the ‘flow state’ is awesome. You feel like you’re rocketing through a problem – one task leading seamlessly to the next until you skid to a stop and say ‘whoah.’ The flow state... [Read More]