I like modern art because it's so brilliantly strange. I like the idea that some people are paid--even funded by the government--to unleash their most abnormal ideas on average people in order to bring some variety into their lives.

It's a wonderfully romantic idea.

Western art can be pretty...

Computers and their capabilities have changed the course of human history. More and more, our future depends on the capabilities of the technologies we produce. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California is a beautifully curated facility with artifacts tracing the history of the devices that have...

Vancouver fans riot for the most pathetic reasons. They're like a collective child that throws a tantrum when it doesn't get everything that it wants. Forget that in 1994 they rioted because the Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup playoffs. In 2002 Vancouver fans...

On the east side of Taiwan's southern tip is a bizarre landscape where three layers of rock (deep ocean stratum, sandstone, and coastal rocks) have been shaped by the relentless pounding of waves and shearing of high winds into unearthly formations. The area is called Jialeshuei (which roughly translates to...

For me, travel is all about serendipity. Coconut shell drinks, museums, and dinners on sunset patios don't excite me much. Not that there's anything wrong with those things. They're all things I do on the road. But, for me, the real charm of travel lies in the way that it...

Several times in my life I've seen things that I couldn't explain. Most of them occurred when I was young. I can't remember exactly what they were, but I remember feeling scared. There...