Month: June 2024

  • “Eye for an Eye”

    Last week I talked about ‘sources’ and ‘sinks’. Namely, that in electronics there is the concept of ‘sources’ and ‘sinks’. That an electronics ‘source’ provides current to a circuit (for example, a battery), while a ‘sink’ consumes electricity (for example, a light bulb). And I talked about a bit about how to metaphorically apply this…

  • Thomas Merton

    Thomas Merton was a 20th-century Trappist monk, writer, theologian, mystic, and poet, best known for his exploration of spirituality and social justice. Born in 1915, Merton entered the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky in 1941, where he lived until his death in 1968. His most famous work, “The Seven Storey Mountain,” is an autobiographical account…