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About me

Feel free to say hello or ask about any level of scientific subjects. I'm a research scientist
with a background in materials (of any and all kinds). Some of the most interesting work
uses light and is called spectroscopy. It's why lasers work and why we see colors from
the surface of CDs or DVDs.

You can make your own spectroscope for free and an hour work.

Search Google for it. You can teach yourself, your children, so much at home using the
kitchen and the chemistry of cooking plus the effort of creating your own curriculum.
That just means "take the time to work at learning something"

Four elements to success are these:
1. Write down what interest you. You don't have to save the paper. The act of writing it
down tells your brain to remember it.
2. Learn the full history of what you want to be good at. Learn that history from the
beginning even if it's 2000 years ago. Doing less will not do you any good at all while
taking time to learn the history will put you in a class by yourself above everyone else
3. Invest in yourself - Whatever that means to you: Do it.
4. Have heroes and learn about them. They can be alive or dead. But you must learn all you
can about them. If they disappoint you discard them and get new ones.
But check back, occasionally on your old heroes and see what they're doing. Like you they
are learning and growing and make mistakes. You'll find yourself comparing yourself to them
and often, I think, you'll find that you're 'better' than they are. That's when you
upgrade and look for others who you can look up to. While coming back to the ones you left
to see 'how they are doing'

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett did a video called Gates and Buffett go back to school. YouTube
has it. They cover the same things I said above.

See what I say, below, about 'My Work' . I grew from technology in semiconductors to doing
brain research and behavior research. See why under (1)

My work

I've worked around the World in many of the best analytical laboratories.
From IBM thin film research to GE Nuclear to a chili powder production facility and even the worlds largest mining company lab.

(1)
I was 'lucky' and I recommend that you change jobs often to get the kind of work you would do even if you weren't paid for it. Men do better at jobs they are good at. Women are happier at jobs they like.

So beware that you aren't doing a job simply because you like it. If you're a guy you should be the best of the best at what you do.. then you are 'nearly there'.. then be willing to give it up when another better desire starts to grow on you. Just be sure to plan to be the best at it. Family is very important so pick a wife as you would pick the 'ideal job'.
Make sure 'it' (she's) as right for you and is behind whatever you want to do 100% .. and
if you travel a lot make sure she can come with you or grow your work so that can be
a goal. Don't give up your love for your work for a family .. teach them to help you.


I know a lot about everything. I began at 8 years old with an interest in 'everything'.
It wasn't until I was 29, feeling a bit like I wasn't what I thought I would be where
I put my best effort forwrd, gave up 'good time friends' and focussed on my career and
then gave that up at 48 years old to get back to people and try to find the happiness I
had when I was 8 years old. So far it's working out. I'm making plans 50 years in advance.

Video I enjoy -

BBC video Don't Grow Old / Research done in 1979 /

In 1979 psychologist Ellen Langer carried out an experiment to find if changing thought patterns could slow aging. But the full story of the extraordinary experiment has been hidden until now.