Articles and Essays

I'm finally starting to gather some of my writings, edit them, and put them up on my site. I'll add more as I find the time. I'm currently working on a piece on Humanism and another on Belief vs. Non-belief, and trying to finish up a long piece on the use of Unicode in webpages, email, and databases.

How to Typeset Equations with TeX – This is an interactive tutorial that demonstrates how easy it is to typeset equations with the TeX markup language, and shows you how to put equations on Web pages with MathJax, and how to place them into Word and PowerPoint.

Was Dawkins Arguing Against a "Straw God?" – A response to a common critique that Dawkins was arguing against a concept of God that no one really believes in anyway. A review of sociological studies that demonstrate that most believers do in fact believe in just the kind of God that Dawkins argues against.

Advice for Audio Podcasting – Some random advice on producing podcasts—equipment, recording, encoding, and naming conventions.