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APPLE BASHING #6 (six, right? I’m losing
APPLE BASHING #6 (six, right? I’m losing count…) Admittedly, I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel with this one, but here goes. I watched th...

What takes a licking and keeps on ticking (on a geiger counter,
What takes a licking and keeps on ticking (on a geiger counter, that is)? Why, Chernobyl, of course!! The neighboring town of Pripyat (pop. 49,360) ...

Just now, I was musing on how far we’ve come with computers
Just now, I was musing on how far we’ve come with computers since I first started working with them in the late 1970s. I managed to catch the wave ...

FEYNMAN CHALLENGE #1: “What is the average weight of a human
FEYNMAN CHALLENGE #1: “What is the average weight of a human begin who is currently alive?” This is a question I posted several months ago which ...

Okay: I’m going to post a bit of a technical rant, but I hope
Okay: I’m going to post a bit of a technical rant, but I hope you don’t mind. For the past several months, I’ve been exploring a number of prob...

I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how the “indirectness”
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about how the “indirectness” of programming languages seems to be limiting our potentials where computers, creati...

I’ve received spam (defined as unsolicited e-mail) from a
I’ve received spam (defined as unsolicited e-mail) from a website / logo / content developer who says she offers a service where she can write “SE...

It seems that two years ago, Facebook manipulated the news feeds
It seems that two years ago, Facebook manipulated the news feeds of some six or seven hundred thousand users to examine how that would affect their mo...