I recently came across a hilarious article by Patrick Smith, a professional airline pilot who writes a regular column for Salon.com called Ask The Pilot. His columns are generally quite interesting and informative, especially for regular travelers or, perhaps, an aerospace engineer who is interested in how commercial aircraft are used on a daily basis. [...]

I recently watched the excellent film Hotel Rwanda, and was surprised to hear a familiar melody in the soundtrack. Research led me to determine it was part of a song by Wyclef Jean called “Million Voices”. Here’s a sample of the melody I’m talking about: The reason it was familiar was that I’d heard it [...]