Why I Don’t Mind Not Having A TV So Much
Actually, the comic isn’t fair — I sometimes like cooking shows.
Technology
Travel With The iPhone: $2,100
So here’s a guy who no doubt likes having all the latest cool gadgets, and there’s no cooler, newer, gadgetier gadget than the iPhone. It searches for new e-mail every ten minutes, to keep you in touch no matter where… Continue Reading
Offshore Wind Farms
Britain is going to dramatically increase its use of offshore wind farms over the next two decades. When I first heard the story, I had to even wonder what an offshore wind farm was; turns out, it’s exactly what it… Continue Reading
Free Cars
There has to be a word for what happens when the same concept comes from two completely different sources in a very short period of time. Last night, I taught my students in my business law class how to distinguish… Continue Reading
A Collection of Random Thoughts
1. The Wife “quit” Toastmasters last week. I’m only four speeches towards getting the basic certification, and I think I’d like to finish it, if only to have actually finished it rather than stopping going because The Wife did. She… Continue Reading
Blue Sunglasses
My last pair of sunglasses were eaten by the X-ray machine at the security screen for the Superior Court in Stinking Bakersfield. So over the weekend, I got a pair of blue-lensed sunglasses. I know the scuttlebutt and rumor is… Continue Reading
Home Again
All last week, I made something like 25 “microposts” from my cell phone. The content of those posts were rather limited, since the phone can send only out 135 characters at a time. I’ve left them as they are, unlabeled… Continue Reading
How TL Got His E-Mail Back
My old e-mail address is working again. Hooray! My friends in Manhattan Beach fixed it up so my old e-mail address forwards automatically to their new e-mail domain, and assigned me an e-mail address there, so now I can continue… Continue Reading
Intellectual Balkanization
What you put into your brain determines what your brain puts out. So it’s important to have a well-balanced intellectual diet, but a lot of people consume nothing but mental junk food. Now, I know that people have the right… Continue Reading
Roma Instaurata
This is as cool as it gets for Roman history junkies. The Beeb reports that a multidisciplinary team has created a virtual Rome. Hopefully the bulk of the work will be made available to the public soon, and there is… Continue Reading