Nov 23 2008
See this in PDF format; revised 28 October 2008.
As a professional working in Information Technology, I often encounter hesitation and trepidation on the part of functional users to engage my employer’s information system, an ERP system known as Banner. The…
Nov 08 2008
See this in PDF format; revised 21 October 2008.
The relatively inglorious origins of organizational behavior as a field of study began as little more than queries into potential ways to improve productivity and reduce human variability—this at the advent of…
Jul 20 2008
Bonk by Mary RoachI picked up Bonk entirely on a whim: it was sitting precociously on the shelf of new books at the library. It wasn’t until later,…
Jun 25 2008
Pursuant to my discussion of synesthesia, I decided on a lark to tabulate my color mappings. The first is for days of the week; the second is for letters of the alphabet. I don’t have number-color associations.
Jun 24 2008
Musicophilia: Stories of Music and the Brain by Oliver SacksI have read Oliver Sacks before. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was a fascinating book, but it…
Jun 18 2008
Napoleon’s Buttons by Penny Le Couteur and Jay BurresonI happened upon Napoleon’s Button entirely by accident when I was looking for cover art for His Excellency: George Washington;…
Feb 08 2008
Condensed Knowledge ed. Will Pearson & al.My brother’s been reading mental_floss and its associated books for several years. Condensed Knowledge is, to the extent of my knowledge, the first of their…
Jan 23 2008
The First Word by Christine KenneallyAlthough I’ve never pursued the subject seriously, I’ve always been a casual fan of linguistics; coming as I do from a background of…
Nov 26 2007
The New Time Travelers by David ToomeyI’ve always been fascinated with time travel. Or time in general. When I was about 11 or 12, I wrote a series…