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Shedding Light On the Magical Finale of Phantom of the Opera

5 Jun 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette. “It’s a de Kolta chair!”

AI Scribes in the Clinic: What Patients Should Know

5 Jun 2026

The last time I went to the doctor, I was handed a form to sign. It was a consent form asking for my permission to allow the doctor to use an AI scribe during our appointment. I signed it without...

Taylor Swift, Earthquakes, and Land Mines?

21 May 2026

At 12:51pm on February 22, 2011, the world crumbled before the residents of Christchurch, New Zealand. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the city, killing 185 people and injuring thousands more. This...

The Sparkle in Sparkling Water

14 May 2026

Many consumers today are shying away from soft drinks because of legitimate concerns about their sugar or artificial sweetener content and are gravitating towards plain carbonated water. This has...

Why Did LLMs Steal Our Em-Dashes?

8 May 2026

Upon ChatGPT's release in 2022, I realized that I wrote like AI. My sentences were long, my writing patterns were predictable, and my use of em-dashes was frequent. Initially, I was not concerned:...

A Trip From Rocket Fuel to Amazon Hallucinogen

24 Apr 2026

This article was first published in The Montreal Gazette....

Thermal Clothing: Lessons in Engineering

10 Apr 2026

As soon as the temperature dips below 0ºC, you will find me covered head to toe in thermal clothing. I am not picky when it comes to brands, although I do love Uniqlo’s HEATTECH. As long as I am...

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