He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote A Treatise on the Binomial…

When I was out, a lot of people sent me leads and links which I did not have time to upload. Here are a few of them. * Many people…

Thanks to all who commented on the Dahn Yoga story, and on the Taiwan trip. I'll be writing more about Taiwan over the next week. I'm back a few days…

(All the Chinese words are my own spelling.) There are a lot of other akward, geeky white guys in Taipei, but apparently not too many because I find I am…

Completely by luck, I passed this sign by the entrance to a seaside almost-beach. There was a little sand but mostly coral. No swimming signs were posted. No people were…

This picture represents one solid component of what heaven will be like (you'll notice that there is no beer tap present, which is why this is only a partial view…

An oldie, but a goody. Better to start the new year smiling.