New Post from BiteofanAppleMaintaining A Music Library, Ten Years OnIt took me by surprise to learn that this post was now a decade old:Last week I decided to leave Spotify. I've been using the service for almost 2 years now, and overall I...

New Post from BiteofanAppleEmpirical Partial DerivativesMathematics and Science are inextricably linked. As the renowned twentieth-century physicist Eugene Wigner wrote, mathematics is "unreasonably successful" in the natural sciences. By this he me...

New Post from BiteofanAppleChemical Telescopes And The Process Of ScienceIn 1619, Daniel Sennert crouched over a low furnace in his cloistered laboratory at the University of Wittenberg. The air was still and stifling. Though the room was packed, no...

The Methods Of Science & Medieval RainbowsIt happened again! I love it when my interests align.Not too long ago, Veritasium released a fascinating video on the physics of rainbows—which you should totally watch. In that video they discuss th...

The Practicals Of Writing: Paper And PensWithout wishing to turn this into a writing & pen blog, I did want to talk a little more about the kit I use these days, if only because I figure some readers out there might find it interesting or useful....