Some new research shows that babies may be having conscious thoughts an memories as early as five months old. I wonder, though, what kind of memories those would be. Our experience with life and the way we interpret things we see is colored so much by our past experiences, that it's hard to imagine how we would see …
On the distractions of video games.
Though I have been doing better in recent years, sometimes I get sucked into a game and waste several dozen hours building a civilization or digging a hole or flying through space. Â After one of these sessions, I always end up feeling a bit guilty. What more productive things could I have done with …
SN 1006 thoughts
Over one thousand years ago, in AD 1006, a supernova lit up the night sky brighter than Venus, and visible during the day for weeks. Today, a new image taken by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory gives us a deliciously detailed look at this ancient explosion. Looking at this picture, I wonder what surrounding worlds must …
Fireside Year Two kickstarter
Fireside magazine is having a kickstarter to fund the next year of the magazine, lots of cool rewards for anyone who is a fan of the authors(one of which is me 😉 ) or fiction in general. Take a look!Â
Milestone
An update on the fantasy thing I'm writing, I've reached 20,000 words! This is the longest thing, even unfinished, that I've written in years, and I've done it in a month instead of several dozen months. I feel like I'm really starting to get the hang of this, and even if this one falls through …
Jonas David 