Category Archives: technology
A Show 16 Years In The Making
Back in mid-1990s my physics teaching colleague Lynne Shaw and I wanted to take our students on a tour of an electrical power plant. But arranging a field trip proved impossible with our budget and time constraints. So we decided … Continue reading
Instant Gratification
Every so often those of us who grew up in the analog era are struck by our new era of instant gratification thanks to digital technology and the internet. It is mind-boggling how much information, of good quality, is at … Continue reading
Tracking Me Down
The press has been going on about how smart phones effectively transmit your movements when they upload information on cell tower locations, etc. Duh, that’s what happens with a smart phone. Far more interesting to me is that the controversy … Continue reading
Paying for Digital Ink
The ink-stained wretches must be paid. The shift of classified ads to craigslist and the lower revenues of online advertising make a free online newspaper unsustainable with the level of reporting I demand. I skim four papers each day: the Tulsa … Continue reading
Beware Broadband Ripoffs
My students would likely be shocked, but for years most Americans had only AT&T or “Ma Bell” for telephone service, and one thing the monopoly required was that you use only their telephones on the lines. And I mean that … Continue reading
Meador Manor 