Category Archives: technology
Tangent A4: Nim
This is the fourth of five snowed-in posts, illustrating the pathways I sometimes pursue due to my avid curiosity. This Tangent began with a video remix of an old song by Duran Duran, which had inserts from the French New … Continue reading
Hammer or Glue
Here is an interesting thing to close out 2025. Hear the amazing physicist Richard Feynman talk about gravity. The physics content is told in his distinctive manner…but it isn’t Feynman talking. If you want the real guy, he is here. … Continue reading
Resisting AI Slop & Brainrot
Long vacations are opportunities to engage in brainrot content, especially when the weather outside is frightful. I find myself having to consciously avoid compulsive, nonsensical, low-quality content that corrodes my mental or intellectual state, including doomscrolling political outrage. A more … Continue reading
A Return to Meador Manor
Back in 1982, my first personal computer was equipped with a 300 baud modem, and I was a high school student who was also a subscriber to the online services CompuServe and Dow Jones News/Retrieval. I also discovered bulletin board … Continue reading
Lightning Arrested
Computer cables have entangled me for almost a half-century, forcing me to twist recalcitrant asymmetrical connectors, twirl painful little thumb screws, and regularly trawl through junk drawers and boxes for various specialized cables or adapters. Not too long ago, I … Continue reading
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