Far back, in the mists of ancient time, there existed a technology for sharing one’s thoughts, musings, memes, and other nonsense. You may have heard of it, if you’re over 40. The web log, or blog. The [more...]
Please, please, please let this be the beginning of a trend, the inkling that the emperor really is wearing no clothes. Let it be evidence that finally, someone sees what I (and others) see: The press corps appears to [more...]
The code-breaking computer from World War II, dubbed Colossus Mk2, has been reconstructed: Colossus Mk2 has been painstakingly put back together over a decade by computer conservationists for Bletchley museums. As part [more...]
Someone just came to my front door carrying a bird; she found it on the street in front of my house under the front tire of a pickup truck that had parked there. I’m not sure what she expected me to do with it; I [more...]
