New Stuff
New oven. The Wife had several bad experiences with the old one — it never got hot enough, then it got too hot. The window cannot be cleaned. It doesn’t fit in with our decor. And the cast-iron spiders that… Continue Reading
Technology
A Teenager Tries A Walkman
Kids these days, having grown up used to digitial music players that weigh less than four ounces and can be concealed in the palm of a child’s hand, probably don’t realize that technology had to go through a lot of… Continue Reading
Crack Cocaine For The Computer
A friend asked me, “What’s the point of The Sims? How do you win a game like that?” The answer is, you don’t “win” this game. It’s not really a game at all, it’s a toy. And it’s a deeply… Continue Reading
Big Plus To Laptops
I have an ongoing disagreement with another lawyer at work. He believes that desktop computers are simply superior to laptops and doesn’t want another laptop again. He’s right in the sense that a desktop has a larger body and therefore… Continue Reading
Some Sentiments On Global Warming I Can Get Behind
From Alan Stewart Carl at Donkelphant: But, really, the skeptics’ fixation on proving the science false is just a symptom of the greater issue — namely that a lot of people are concerned that action to reduce CO2 emissions will… Continue Reading
Electroplating: Technology From Two Thousand Years Ago
Clay pot. Copper cylinder. Iron rod. Add vinegar, and you will cause the rod to emit an electric charge. Stick that rod in some water, and you’ll electrolyze it, which makes it really easy to, for instance, put gold plate… Continue Reading
Trekked
Cool stuff. Well, it would have been cool stuff if it had actually worked. To promote the new Star Trek movie you could upload a picture of yourself and it would make you into a Star Trek character, and it… Continue Reading
How To Use Hole Cards: Play It Cool
Now, Newt Gingrich has to get the nod for coolest line of the week, when he urged President Obama to attempt to prevent the North Koreans from launching their ill-concealed ICBM test very early this morning with our SDI program… Continue Reading
Not All Dogs Go To Heaven
The atheosphere was all abuzz with news of a recent episode of Family Guy, “Not All Dogs Go To Heaven.” So I watched it last night. Yes, Brian the dog came out as an atheist in the face of another… Continue Reading
Twitter Jurors
There’s a rule that jurors are only supposed to consider the evidence presented to them at a trial, and not do independent research into the subject matter of a case they are asked to decide. This rule is there for… Continue Reading