In Memoriam

Fluffy the Laptop is in mourning today. Macintosh computer creator Raskin dead at 61 SAN JOSE, Calif. The man behind the Mac is dead. Jef Raskin, who conceived Apple Computer’s groundbreaking Macintosh but left the company before it came out, was 61. His family says Raskin died Saturday night at his home in Pacifica, California. Continue reading In Memoriam

Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)

From Pharyngula::Ernst Mayr: Dr. Ernst Mayr, the leading evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Bedford, Mass. He was 100. Dr. Mayr’s death, in a retirement community where he had lived since 1997, was announced by his family and Harvard, where he was a faculty member for many years. He was known Continue reading Ernst Mayr (1904-2005)

State of the Union

We watch the address as a family, with Buck and me explaining to Peter the basics, like “No, the President doesn’t write his own speeches.” Usually I have a low threshhold for Republican (or Democratic) speech-making, so I’m surprised that my brain isn’t numbed down yet. Buck points out the different senators and representatives. Yes, Continue reading State of the Union