Well-Motivated Customer Service
Yesterday, I knew I’d have a long wait in court before my case was called, so I brought my Kindle with me to pass the time in the hallway. Just as I was folding it up to go in to… Continue Reading
Technology
On Misuse Of Powerpoint
If this isn’t exactly right I don’t know what else is. A good powerpoint presentation is the exact opposite of reading the slides out loud. Yet again and again I find myself in presentations where people do exactly that. It’s… Continue Reading
Tourism In The High Desert
I’ve been doing stuff, and not spending a lot of time blogging. While my in-laws were in town, I logged 800 miles on my car. This involved: Soffit House to LAX to pick up the in-laws LAX to Chinatown for… Continue Reading
Liberate Prometheus
What need have we of the Gods?We have conquered their domainsAs they conquered the Titans. I look about my own landAnd I see the elementsHarnessed, domesticated. Wind and sun are made lightning,A lightning shorn of thunder,Jewels bring it where we… Continue Reading
Good News From Tata
It ought not to be surprising that the best industrial ideas are coming from abroad — and like the best industrial ideas that made America great, they are focused on everyday needs and with a keen eye towards affordability. This… Continue Reading
Mouse Dexterity
When I was in my twenties and early thirties, I was a whiz with the mouse. It went right where I wanted it to go, every time. These days, I seem to “just miss” my target a lot. I wind… Continue Reading
Who’s Watching Your Browsing?
While some of you blogwatchers out there are deeply worried about the public feud between a right-wing blogger and a formerly right-wing blogger who got fed up with the excesses of the more vocal elements of the conservative blogosphere and… Continue Reading
The Holy Grail Of Search Engine Programming
It’s one thing to run a webcrawler, aggregator, or other text-based search across the internet and come up with good results. The technology to do that has created massive amounts of commerce and corporations you may know like Yahoo! and… Continue Reading
Mideastern Misogyny
The latest piece of utter ridiculousness credited to religion comes from Egypt, where hyper-conservative Muslims have their panties in a wad over a new device which they are convinced will erode the moral and very foundations of their society. The… Continue Reading
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
Twenty years ago (actually twenty years and three days ago), less than seven miles from where I’m writing this post right now, that a B-2 bomber took off on its maiden flight. The government didn’t buy as many of them… Continue Reading