Curiouser and Curiouser
file photo Late last night, I came across a piece of information which struck me as unusual. While perusing Frank Anderson’s blog on the progress of Australian long [more...]
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On Skating at Altitude
It is a well-known fact of speed skating that higher altitudes mean faster times. At least that’s what we believed. Strangely, it has surfaced that certain elements [more...]
The Earth Debate: Part 4
The famed classical economist Thomas Malthus once said: “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. [more...]
More Truth Behind the Shutter
Continuing this distraction from the day-to-day ho-hum of questing for world peace comes the second part of my commentary on some particularly memorable photos (for those who [more...]
The Truth Behind the Shutter
It is easy to believe that the reason I take photos that people seem to like is because I am constantly loaded up with good photo gear. I’m not going to lie, having [more...]
The Earth Debate: Part 3
There is a good reason that our “pale blue dot” is blue, and that is because over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. It is no surprise that [more...]
The Earth Debate: Part 2
In part 1 of The Earth Debate, it was established that warming was taking place, and that the consequences of warming were not good for humans. I wanted to get those points [more...]
Photo Gear
For some inexplicable reason, I seem to get asked a lot about photo gear. Maybe it’s because I occasionally get to play the part of the professional photographer, [more...]
The Earth Debate: Part 1
(note: Paul Krugman said more-or-less the same thing as I am about to do so in his NY Times Column this morning) The trouble with the Earth, is that it is our home. Because [more...]
A Perspective on Economics
So I want to save the world right. Turns out the world is a very complicated thing and, in order to have any hope of fixing its problems, one must understand many different [more...]
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What exactly are you doing Daniel? A: I’m living in Enschede, the Netherlands. I am training to represent Australia at the next Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in [more...]
On the McCain Health Care Plan
Joe Biden and she-who-must-not-be-named did debate recently on many issues. One of the issues that struck me was that of health care. It struck me so much, in fact, that my [more...]
On Changing the Baton in Track Relays
With the 4x100m relays complete in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, one cannot help but wonder what might have been. Fortunately, the Jamaican men’s team fulfilled [more...]
Event Organizing
Alice and Bob walk into a bar… Alice: So you want to run an event… Bob: Yes Alice, our Amnesty group wants to run an event. Alice: What kind of event do you want [more...]