Here’s my collection of things I enjoyed learning or reading about in 2022:

The Canadian Space Agency’s Satellite Art Competition.

The CSA held a competition for the best satellite photographs of the earth. The top contenders can be found by clicking the title link.

Surrounding ourselves with unread books.

“Tsundoku is the Japanese word for the stack(s) of books you’ve purchased but haven’t read. Its morphology combines tsunde-oku (letting things pile up) and dukosho (reading books).

The word originated in the late 19th century as a satirical jab at teachers who owned books but didn’t read them.”

A collection of geometric shapes.

This very interesting Mandelbrot Set Map

A collection of the top queries from ChatGPT.

You have probably heard about the new AI in town. “new AI in town”).

Now here is a collection of example uses from around the world showing how creative some people can be with their interactions with this new tool.

Some great advice for young scientists and curious people in general.

“There is no certain way of telling in advance if the daydreams of a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth will carry a novice through the frustration of seeing experiments fail and of making the dismaying discovery that some of one’s favourite ideas are groundless.”

Wikipedia’s list of emerging technologies

Interesting to know that some people are working on an electronic nose.

The Gervais Principle.

“Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves."

Penrose Tiling.