Two male Thomson’s gazelles face off Today’s Tanzania Tuesday entry is about members of the antelope family.

One of the secrets of being an interesting person is trying to learn a little bit about everything. How much is “a little bit”? I define it as about five minutes worth of conversation, which includes answering any questions that come up. I came up with this highly scientific number by observing that the internets [...]

If someone wanted to ransom every picture you ever took and all your music and your thesis to you, and you didn’t have a good enough relationship wtih Chuck Norris to ask him to hunt them down and roundhouse kick them into infinity meaning you had to pony up, how much money would you pay? [...]

Loyal readers of this blog have been enjoying Platypus Friday for a while now. Today, I’m introducing a new weekly item called Tech Tuesday. Wait wait, don’t run away! My goal for Tech Tuesday is not just to nerd-herd everyone into the deep end, but rather to cover a broad spectrum of topics in a [...]