Ebook Creation August 27, 2010 – Posted in: Aberrant Normalcy

Sony NookEbooks are the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry (wait, there’s actually growth in publishing?).  Since I’m a computer freelancer by day, I’ve been getting a lot of queries such as, “How do you create an ebook?” and “How …

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Shamir, the Stone-Cutting Worm August 22, 2010 – Posted in: Aberrant Normalcy

Solomon's TempleToday’s venture into Jewish mythology has led me to the Shamir*, a small worm the size of  a grain of barley which has the power to cut through stone.  A biblical injunction prevented King Solomon from using metal tools, the …

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Feeling for the Dog August 6, 2010 – Posted in: Aberrant Normalcy

Last night I watched an episode of Futurama, where Fry discovers his fossilized dog from a millennium before and attempts to bring him back into existence with the Professor’s cloning machine.  Fry ultimately decides to forgo the cloning process …

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