About a year or so ago I went to Washington,DC for the first time. It was business, and as such I only had a few hours to myself, but I had a hotel room within easy walking distance of the … Continue reading
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A moment of epiphany for me was when I realized that there was something inherently wrong with professional sports. It wasn’t steroids or the incessant hype or the fixation on statistics down to the molecular level. It was the realization … Continue reading
As I slouch from middle age to full-on geezerdom I appreciate more and more the implied license one has to be a curmudgeon. It comes in especially handy if you aren’t by nature an “early adopter”. It took me until … Continue reading
When I heard the news that Israel was once again sending its military might against the people of Gaza, I suddenly remembered something I had heard on the radio a little over a year ago. I was working on some … Continue reading
In other venues, I’ve lamented the fact that learning how to play with electronics has been one of my intellectual white whales. There are many, many books and web sites out there that exist to help people like me, but … Continue reading
Now that the triumph of Barak Obama at the polls is a little more than a week behind us, I have sufficiently come down from the adrenaline high of the election to think clearly about what this could mean for … Continue reading
My spouse Denise is an enthusiastic and skilled nature photographer. She does not do this for a living (although she probably could), but out of the pleasure it gives her to catch bits and pieces of the real world in … Continue reading
Here’s an interesting piece that was sent to me just one day after the last post (hat tip: Lee Erickson): “Major Discovery” From MIT Primed to Unleash Solar Revolution Thursday 31 July 2008 by: Anne Trafton, MIT News Scientists mimic … Continue reading
It is a commonly-held truism that technology is “neutral” and that it is the use we put it to that makes it good or bad. This ignores the reality that some technology is more accessible than others. Consider the printing … Continue reading
Now that the “family values” wing in California has proposed a ballot initiative (Proposition Eight) for a constitutional amendment to prevent families consisting of gay couples, I thought this would be a good time to examine the alleged religious underpinnings … Continue reading