technology answers
A final tranche of questions I've answered on Quora, these ones being IT stuff not covered in my post on Java questions…
sex & sexuality answers
I've answered a lot of questions about sexuality, sex, orientation and gender on Quora. There's often an element of personal opinion in such answers, but I try to stay objective, evidence-based, ethical and compassionate…
religion answers
Answers on religious topics. Obviously this is much more about my opinion than the previous set of answers about Java and programming. But it has also been a chance for me to share what I've learned about Buddhism…
Java answers
I seem to have answered a lot of questions on Quora about Java, which is strange because Quora is really a poor choice of place to ask questions like this…
maps and travel answers
More of my answers on Quora. This week: maps, cartography, and travel (mostly air travel questions, but featuring "luggage")…
FAQ
I've been using the question-and-answer site Quora for almost exactly 3 years, and I've written nearly 1,000 answers…
making of
Encouraged by Tess (and inspired by the Second Life machinima she's been making) I was spurred to start learning a new skill I've been meaning to get into for ages…
Byzantium as palimpsest
I chose the title of this blog (Flying Over Byzantium) because of the fascination I have with Byzantium…
fireman
When I think of this poetic line of dialogue from the Buffy episode *restless* I'm reminded of this fireman…
parallel parting
She said it might put things in perspective if they spent some time apart. Overspent, her paramour could only assent…
the quotation problem
Finding the source of a quotation has always been a problem. Before the internet, if a quotation wasn't in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, you had little chance of tracking it down unless you were a journalist or an academic…
puppy
I got a puppy this month; last time I got an 8 week old labrador pup was in 1998. It's all pretty familiar though…